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husband

noun · verb US /ˈhʌzbənd/

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

How often you will meet it

Rank 408 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 48,953 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.023% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

noun

  1. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage also: hubby, married man

verb

  1. use cautiously and frugally also: conserve, economize, economise I try to economize my spare timeconserve your energy for the ascent to the summit

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

husband in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Husband, I'm faint; I can no farther go.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • Christian, as she passed him, gave her husband a grateful look.

    Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1

  • Occasionally she referred to her husband over a question of days or dates.

    The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1

  • She hath taught him in a dream To make away his duchess and her husband.

    The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1

  • Katty made no reply to him, but turned up her eyes, and crossed herself, at the wickedness of her unmanageable husband.

    The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1

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