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HUS'BAND, n. s as z.

1. A man contracted or joined to a woman by marriage. A man to whom a woman is betrothed, as well as one actually united by marriage, is called a husband. Leviticus 19; Deuteronomy 22
2. In seaman's language, the owner of a ship who manages its concerns in person.
3. The male of animals of a lower order.
4. An economist a good manager a man who knows and practices the methods of frugality and profit. In this sense, the word is modified by an epithet as a good husband a bad husband. But in America, this application of the word is little or not at all used.
5. A farmer a cultivator a tiller of the ground. In this sense, it is not used in America. We always use husbandman.

HUS'BAND, To direct and manage with frugality in expending any thing to use or employ in the manner best suited to produce the greatest effect to use with economy. We say, a man husbands his estate,his means or his time.

He is conscious how he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator.

1. To till to cultivate with good management.
2. To supply with a husband. Little used.
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Entry for 'Husband'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​h/husband.html.
 
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