Another word for husband
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Verb
To protect (an asset) from loss or destruction
- To rescue from harm, danger, or loss:
- To prevent from dying:
- To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem:
- To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
- To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
- To keep or maintain intact:
- To protect from loss or harm; preserve:
- To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste:
- To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
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Another word for husband
Noun
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- One's father.
- One's husband or boyfriend.
- A man in authority; a boss.
- A card or ticket entitling the holder to a meal or meals.
- A person or thing depended on as a source of financial support.
- A king.
- A territorial magnate.
- The proprietor of a manor.
- A husband.
- a person who commits bigamy
- A person who practices monogamy
- The male head of a household.
- A husband.
- Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a man not of noble birth.
- A man whose wife is unfaithful.
- To make a cuckold of.
- One who practices polygamy.
- One who practices or advocates polygyny
- An adult male human.
- A human regardless of sex or age; a person.
- A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination:
- One who supplies a means of subsistence:
- One that makes something, such as a service, available:
- One whose earnings are the primary source of support for one's dependents.
- A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.
- A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.
- One of several officers in an English royal household.
- A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.
- A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
- A companion or partner.
- An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.
- A helper and companion, especially a spouse.
- A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor.
- One with whom a bed is shared.
- One of a matched pair:
- A spouse or romantic partner.
- Either of a pair of birds or other animals that associate in order to propagate.
- A marriage partner; a husband or wife.
- To marry; wed.
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Verb
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- To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
- To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
- To keep or maintain intact:
- To have charge of; direct or administer:
- To exert control over; regulate or limit toward a desired end:
- To direct or supervise (employees or other staff):
- To protect from loss or harm; preserve:
- To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste:
- To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
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