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husband [noun]
US /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 
UK /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 
Example: 

She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

husband

 noun
the man that a woman is married to Look at wife.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

husband

I. husband1 S1 W1 /ˈhʌzbənd/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: husbonda, from Old Norse, from hus 'house' + bondi 'someone who lives in a house']
1. [countable] the man that a woman is married to ⇨ wife:
Have you met my husband Roy?
2. ex-husband a man that a woman used to be married to
3. husband and wife a man and woman who are married to each other

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

hus·band [husband husbands husbanded husbanding] noun, verb   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play

 

noun (also informal hubby)
the man that a woman is married to; a married man
This is my husband, Steve.  
Word Origin:
late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.  
Thesaurus:
husband noun C
He is her second husband.
manpartner|informal hubby|informal, especially spoken, often humorous sb's other half|formal law spouse
Opp: wife
sb's future husband/spouse
sb's former/ex- husband/partner/spouse
have/find a husband/partner 
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband) 
Example Bank:
She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.
She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
That was the day she met her future husband.
They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.
He is her second husband.
• It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.

Idiom: husband and wife 

verb ~ sth (formal)
to use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it
• Times are hard and we have to husband our resources.

• She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.

 

Word Origin:

late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

husband (SAVE) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
verb [T] FORMAL
to use something carefully so that you do not use all of it

husbandry /ˈhʌz.bən.dri/
noun [U] OLD USE
the careful use of money, food, supplies, etc.

husband (MAN) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
noun [C]
the man to whom a woman is married:
I've never met Fiona's husband.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

husband

/hʌzbənd/
(husbands)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A woman’s husband is the man she is married to.
Eva married her husband Jack in 1957...

N-COUNT: oft poss N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1hus·band /ˈhʌzbənd/ noun, pl -bands [count] : a married man : the man someone is married to
• Have you met her husband?
• They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.