n.
a married man considered in relation to his wife.
v.
use (resources) economically.
Derivative
- husbander n. (rare).
- husbandhood n.
- husbandless adj.
- husbandly adj.
Etymology
OE (in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘steward’), from ON húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’.
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