Definition of husband-wife
1. husband [ n ] a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
Used in print:(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
Mrs._Benington admired Gordon 's spirit and did what she could to persuade her husband that the boy might help the team .
(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)
Every man who dabbles_in the market to make a_little easy_money on_the_side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb .
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
And even as she , having indeed a husband , Adam , but being nevertheless as_yet a virgin , having become disobedient , was made the cause of death , both to herself and to the entire human_race ; so also did Mary , having a man betrothed [ to her ] , and being nevertheless a virgin , by yielding obedience , become the cause of salvation , both to herself and the whole human_race '' .
(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)
Doris_Hull , suffering from tuberculosis , was taken by her husband to see Otis_G._Carroll , a sanipractor - a licensed drugless healer - in Spokane .
Moreover , her husband and child contracted T.B. from her .
Synonyms husband married_man hubby Related Terms wife spouse house_husband cuckold family_man benedick2. Husband [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10894
Synonyms Husband3. husband [ v ] use cautiously and frugally
Examples:
"I try to economize my spare time"
"conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
Similar Spelling
husbandryhusbandly
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