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Husband ˈhʌzbənd Lost Man Married Noun Steve Meet

Word3 husband
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈhʌzbənd/ /ˈhʌzbənd/
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  • this is my husband, steve.
  • how did you meet your husband?
  • she's finally decided to leave her husband.
  • she lost her husband (= he died) recently.
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husband

(noun)/ˈhʌzbənd/ /ˈhʌzbənd/
  1. the man that somebody is married to; a married man
    • SEE ALSO house husband
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/house-husband
    • This is my husband, Steve.
    • How did you meet your husband?
    • She's finally decided to leave her husband.
    • She lost her husband (= he died) recently.
    • her late husband
    • his husband of four years
    • It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.

    Extra Examples

    • She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.
    • She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
    • That was the day she met her future husband.
    • He is her second husband.
  2. a man and woman who are married to each other
    • They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years.
    • a husband-and-wife team

    Word Origin

    • late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsomebodyóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.
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