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1.nounThe master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
2.nounA tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
3.nounA prudent or frugal manager.
4.nounA man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse."You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband."
5.nounThe male of a pair of animals.
6.nounA manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
7.nounA large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position."While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind."
8.nounA polled tree; a pollard.
9.verbTo manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise."For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare."
10.verbTo conserve.
11.verbTo till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
12.verbTo provide with a husband.
13.verbTo engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.