Definition of "husband" []

• A man joined to a woman in marriage; a male spouse. (noun)
• Chiefly British A manager or steward, as of a household. (noun)
• Archaic A prudent, thrifty manager. (noun)
• To use sparingly or economically; conserve: husband one's energy. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To find a husband for. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Her husband must have left the house, then -- her _husband?"
• "She was a wife: her husband awaited her but a few feet away -- her _husband_, and she had never dreamed of marrying again."
• "You may affect not to know him, and may tell him the lady's husband is just come home -- her _husband_!"