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Husband ˈhʌzbənd Man Married Noun Bre Steve Lost

Word husband
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈhʌzbənd / NAmE / ˈhʌzbənd /
Example
  • this is my husband, steve.
  • 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.
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husband

(noun)BrE / ˈhʌzbənd / NAmE / ˈhʌzbənd /
  1. the man that somebody is married to; a married man
    • This is my husband, Steve.
  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

    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.
    • They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.
    • He is her second husband.
    • It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.

    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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