Husband
The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.
A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.
One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.
A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
The male of a pair of animals.
To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
To cultivate, as land; to till.
To furnish with a husband.
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Husband Quotations
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
Erma Bombeck
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Voltaire
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Zig Ziglar
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel de Montaigne
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin Luther
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Chanakya
For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck
People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.
Erma Bombeck
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
W. C. Fields
Husband Translations
husband in Afrikaans is man, eggenoot
husband in Danish is mand
husband in Dutch is gemaal, eega, echtgenoot, man
husband in Finnish is puoliso
husband in German is Mann, Gatte, Mann, Ehemann, Ehemann
husband in Italian is consorte, sposo, coniuge, marito, omo
husband in Latin is maritus
husband in Norwegian is ektemann
husband in Portuguese is marido, esposo
husband in Spanish is marido, varon, esposo
husband in Swedish is man, make
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