■ noun a married man considered in relation to his wife.
■ verb use (resources) economically.
Derivatives
~er noun ( rare ).
~hood noun
~less adjective
~ly adjective
Origin
OE (in the senses 'male head of a household' and 'steward'), from ON húsbóndi 'master of a house', from hús 'house' + bóndi 'occupier and tiller of the soil'.