Hus·band n.
1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.]
The painful husband, plowing up his ground. --Hakewill.
He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. --Evelyn.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. --Fuller.
4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
The husband and wife are one person in law. --Blackstone.
5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.]
A ship's husband Naut., an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.