Husband+or+wife
61husband — see the husband is always the last to know a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple …
62Wife selling — The old custom of wife selling in provincial England provided a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement. By registering as a marketplace seller and parading his wife with a halter about her neck, a husband could auction her… …
63wife — wifedom, n. wifeless, adj. wifelessness, n. /wuyf/, n., pl. wives /wuyvz/, v., wifed, wifing. n. 1. a woman joined in marriage to a man; a woman considered in relation to her husband; spouse. 2. a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms): old… …
64wife — n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old or uneducated one. 3 (in comb.) a woman engaged in a specified activity (fishwife; housewife; midwife). Phrases and idioms: have (or take) to wife… …
65husband — 1. noun a) A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse. While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind. b) Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in… …
66husband — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mate, spouse; benedict, bridegroom; man. See marriage. v. economize (see economy, retention). Ant., wife. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spouse, married man, mate, bedmate, benedict, helpmate, consort,… …
67wife — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. married woman; mate, spouse, Frau, the Mrs., madam, little woman, old lady, ball and chain (sl.), better half; housewife, helpmeet, helpmate. See marriage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. married woman,… …
68husband — A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of wife. Etymologically, the word signified the house bond; the man who, according to Saxon ideas and institutions, held around him the family, for whom he was in law responsible …
69husband — A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of wife. Etymologically, the word signified the house bond; the man who, according to Saxon ideas and institutions, held around him the family, for whom he was in law responsible …
70husband — noun a married man considered in relation to his wife. verb use (resources) economically. Derivatives husbander noun (rare). husbandhood noun husbandless adjective husbandly adjective Origin OE (in the senses male head of a household and steward… …
