husband
Transitive Verb[C/U] Both
pl: husbandspp: husbandeding: husbanding
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.