HUSBAND  , properly the " See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household," but now chiefly used in the sense of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man legally joined by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to a woman, his " wife "; the legal relations between them are treated below under HUSBAND AND WIFE . The word appears in O . Eng. as hiisbonda, answering to the Old See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian hiisb6ndi, and means the owner or freeholder of a hus, or See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . The last See also:

• PART

part of the word still survives in " bondage " and " See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond-man," and is derived from bua, to dwell, which, like See also:

• LAT

Lat. colere, means also to till or cultivate, and to have a household . " Wife," in O . Eng. wif, appears in all See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages except See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic; cf . Ger . Weib, Dutch wijf, &c., and meant originally simply a See also:

• FEMALE

female, " woman " itself being derived from wifman, the See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation of the plural wimmen still preserving the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original i . Many derivations of " wife " have been given; thus it has been connected with the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of " weave," with the Gothic waibjan, to See also:

• FOLD

fold or wrap up, referring to the entangling clothes worn by a woman, and also with the root of vibrare, to tremble . These are all merely guesses, and the ultimate See also:

• HISTORY

history of the word is lost . It does not appear outside Teutonic languages . Parallel to " husband " is " housewife," the woman managing a household .

The earlier hiswif was pronounced hussif, and this pronunciation survives in the application of the word to a small See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case containing See also:

• SCISSORS

scissors, needles and pins, cottons, &c . From this See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form also derives " hussy," now only used in a depreciatory sense of a See also:

• LIGHT

light, impertinent girl . Beyond the meaning of a husband as a married man, the word appears in connexion with See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, in " husbandry " and " husbandman." According to some authorities " husbandman " meant originally in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England a holder of a " husbandlnd," a manorial See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant who held two ox-gangs or virgates, and ranked next below the See also:

• YEOMAN

yeoman (see J . C . See also:

• ATKINSON, EDWARD (1827—1905)
• ATKINSON, SIR HARRY ALBERT (1831—1892)

Atkinson in Notes and Queries, 6th See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. xii., and E . See also:

• BATESON (BATSON or BETSON), THOMAS

Bateson, History of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, 1893) . From the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the manager of a household, " husband " was in use transferred to the manager of an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, and the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was held by certain officials, especially in the See also:

• GREAT

great trading companies . Thus the "husband" of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company looked after the interests of the company at the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-house . The word in this sense is practically obsolete, but it still appears in " See also:

• SHIP

ship's husband," an See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of the owners of a ship who looks to the proper equipping of the See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, and her See also:

• REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

repairs, procures and adjusts freights, keeps the accounts, makescharter-parties and acts generally as manager of the ship's employment . Where such an agent is himself one of the owners of the vessel, the name of " managing owner " is used . The " ship's husband " or " managing owner " must See also:

• REGISTER

register his name and address at the See also:

• PORT

port of registry (See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant See also:

• SHIPPING

Shipping See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1894, § 59) . From the use of " husband " for a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and thrifty manager of a household, the verb " to husband " means to economize, to See also:

• LAY

lay up a See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store, to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save .