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   Husband , n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. hsbonda master of the house; hs house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. hsbōndi house master, husband; hs house + bandi dwelling, inhabiting, p. pr. of ba to dwell; akin to AS. ban, Goth. bauan. See House Be, and cf. Bond a slave, Boor.]
   The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
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   A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   The painful husband, plowing up his ground.
   Hakewill.
   
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   He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations.
   Evelyn.
   
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   One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
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   God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me.
   Fuller.
   
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   A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
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   The husband and wife are one person in law.
   Blackstone.
   
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   The male of a pair of animals. [R.]
   Dryden.
   
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   A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.
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   Husband, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.]
   To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
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   For my means, I'll husband them so well,
   They shall go far.
   Shak.
   
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   To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
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   Land so trim and rarely husbanded.
   Evelyn.
   
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   To furnish with a husband. [R.]
   Shak.
   
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