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husbander

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hus⋅band

  [huhz-buhnd]
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–noun
1. a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his wife.
2. British. a manager.
3. Archaic. a prudent or frugal manager.
–verb (used with object)
4. to manage, esp. with prudent economy.
5. to use frugally; conserve: to husband one's resources.
6. Archaic.
a. to be or become a husband to; marry.
b. to find a husband for.
c. to till; cultivate.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME husband(e), OE hūsbonda master of the house < ON hūsbōndi, equiv. to hūs house + bōndi (bō-, var. of bū- dwell (see boor ) + -nd prp. suffix + -i inflectional ending)

Related forms:
hus⋅band⋅er, noun
hus⋅band⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
5. preserve, save, store, hoard.
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Word Origin & History

husband 
O.E. husbonda "male head of a household," probably from O.N. husbondi "master of the house," from hus "house" + bondi "householder, dweller, freeholder, peasant," from buandi, prp. of bua "to dwell" The sense of "peasant farmer" (c.1220) is preserved in husbandry (first attested c.1380 in this sense). Beginning c.1290, replaced O.E. wer as "married man," companion of wif, a sad loss for Eng. poetry. The verb "manage thriftily" is 1440, from the noun in the obsolete sense of "steward" (c.1450). Slang shortening hubby first attested 1688.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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