A male human being, a man; esp. ‘man’ as correlative to ‘wife’, husband. (In Middle English mingled with other senses.)
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband (41) churla800 A male human being, a man; esp. ‘man’ as correlative to ‘wife’, husband. (In Middle English mingled with other senses.) lordeOE A husband. In later use archaic or ironic. Cf. lady, n. 7. werec893 A husband. husbanda1275 The (or a) male partner in a marriage; esp. a married man considered in relation to his spouse. Also figurative of Christ in his relationship to… mana1325 A husband. Now chiefly English regional (northern), Scottish, and South African, except in man and wife. Cf. goodman, n. 5. masterc1325 Chiefly with possessive. A woman's husband. Also: †a woman's lover (obsolete). Now English regional or merged in senses A. 1d and A. 2. sovereign1390 A husband in relation to his wife. Obsolete. maritea1398 A husband. husbandman?a1439 A married man; = husband, n. 2. Obsolete. goodman?1507 A woman's husband. Usually with possessive pronoun. Cf. goodwife, n. 3. Now Scottish. baron1595 Law and Heraldry (in collocation with feme, femme): Husband. spouse1604 A husband or wife, or (in later use) a person joined to another in a comparable legally recognized… Used of a man. Now only as a contextual use… husband of one's bosom1611 wife of one's bosom: originally a Hebraism adopted in the Bible of 1611; but its English use is influenced by senses A. 6a A. 1b (The similar phrase… old man1673 colloquial. A person's father; a woman's husband or male partner. Frequently with possessive adjective. hubby1682 A familiar colloquialism for husband, n. sposo1741 A husband; (occasionally also) a husband-to-be, a fiancé. Cf. sposa, n. See also caro sposo, n. hub1809 A husband. master-man1825 English regional (northern). A husband; the (male) head of a household. Obsolete. pot and pan1900 A person's father or husband. mister1931 colloquial. Husband; the male head of a household. Frequently with the, or possessive adjective (cf. missus, n. 2). DH1993 dear (or darling) husband; a person's husband. Subcategories:— term of address (1) — alleged term for company of (1) — position of (3) — power of husband over wife (2) — dear husband (1) — henpecked husband (6) — husband who meddles in wife's affairs (1) — husband after wife's confinement (1) — jealous husband (1) — husband whose wife is absent (3) |
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