Husband
HUS'BAND, noun s as z.
1. A man contracted or joined to a woman by marriage. A man to whom a woman is betrothed, as well as one actually united by marriage, is called a husband Leviticus 19:20. Deuteronomy 22:22.
2. In seaman's language, the owner of a ship who manages its concerns in person.
3. The male of animals of a lower order.
4. An economist; a good manager; a man who knows and practices the methods of frugality and profit. In this sense, the word is modified by an epithet; as a good husband; a bad husband [But in America, this application of the word is little or not at all used.]
5. A farmer; a cultivator; a tiller of the ground. [In this sense, it is not used in America. We always use husbandman.]
HUS'BAND, verb transitive To direct and manage with frugality in expending any thing; to use or employ in the manner best suited to produce the greatest effect; to use with economy. We say, a man husbands his estate, his means or his time.
He is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator.
1. To till; to cultivate with good management.
2. To supply with a husband [Little Used.]