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husband
The noun form carries a primary social and legal connotation of partnership and domesticity. While historically tied to roles of leadership or provision, in modern usage it is a neutral term for a spouse, though it often evokes a sense of stability and shared life.
Countable when referring to the person in a marriage. Uncountable when used in the archaic sense of the act of frugal management.
Meanings
Examples
I need to ask my husband if he is free this weekend.
Her husband works as a surgeon at the city hospital.
Is your husband coming to the party tonight?
He is a devoted husband and a loving father.
I wonder if my husband remembered to lock the door.
The company must husband its remaining cash to avoid bankruptcy.
We had to husband our water supplies during the long drought.
The general ordered the troops to husband their ammunition for the final assault.
She learned to husband her energy to make it through the marathon.
Phrasal Verbs
husband up
to accumulate or save resources carefully for future use
She tried to husband up her savings before the economic downturn.