husband

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1. 1.A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak. The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill. He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. Evelyn.
2. 2.One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.] God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.
3. 3.A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife. The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone.
4. 4.The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden. A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.
5. 5.To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy. For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far. Shak.
6. 6.To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.] Land so trim and rarely husbanded. Evelyn.
7. 7.To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak. The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill. He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. Evelyn called?
• What is a married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife. The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone called?
• What is the male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden. A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts called?
• What is to direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy. For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far. Shak called?
• What is to cultivate, as land; to till. [R.] Land so trim and rarely husbanded. Evelyn called?