Definition of husband

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Husband (n.) The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

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Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..
Husbandless :: Husbandless (a.) Destitute of a husband.
Birlaw :: Birlaw (n.) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband..
Monandry :: Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.
Man :: Man (n.) A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
Stepdame :: Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Leviratical :: Leviratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother..
Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..
Cohabit :: Cohabit (v.) To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
Managery :: Managery (n.) Husbandry; economy; frugality.
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4..
Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..
Husband :: Husband (n.) The male of a pair of animals.
Orpheus :: Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre..
Husbandman :: Husbandman (n.) The master of a family.
Baron :: Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife..
Make :: Make (n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife..
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