Definition of Husbands

1. Noun. (plural of husband) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of husband) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Husbands

1. husband [v] - See also: husband

Lexicographical Neighbors of Husbands

husband-wife privilege
husbandable
husbandage
husbanded
husbander
husbanders
husbandhood
husbanding
husbandless
husbandlike
husbandly
husbandman
husbandmen
husbandries
husbandry
husbands (current term)
hush
hush-hush
hush down
hush kit
hush kits
hush money
hush one's mouth
hush puppy
hush up
hushabied
hushabies
hushaby
hushabye
hushed

Literary usage of Husbands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"But the ten husbands in a month of the poet Martial, is an extravagant hyperbole, (L ri. epigram 7. ..."

2. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"Liber A. Tho: sturman pite l John dandy maketh Oath that about Rich: husbands Marriner deft ; tenne dayes since hee being aboard the said Mr husbands Shipp ..."

3. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... and Nerissa come down R and L and kneel beside their husbands. The two men laugh and raise them up; then all laugh. It is merry to the end. ..."

4. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1903)
"husbands AND WIVES UNDER THE NEW LICENSING ACT OF 1902. MUCH attention is now being directed to the provisions of the Licensing Act of 1902, which came into ..."

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