Meaning

• The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

• A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

• A prudent or frugal manager.

• A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

  "You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband."

• The male of a pair of animals.

• A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.

• A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.

  "While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind."

• A polled tree; a pollard.

Meaning

• To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

  "For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare."

• To conserve.

• To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.

• To provide with a husband.

• To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.