Definition of Hubby

1. Noun. A married man; a woman's partner in marriage.

Exact synonyms: Husband, Married Man
Specialized synonyms: Benedick, Benedict, Cuckold, Family Man, House Husband, Househusband, Uxoricide
Generic synonyms: Better Half, Married Person, Mate, Partner, Spouse
Derivative terms: Husbandly, Husbandly
Antonyms: Wife

Definition of Hubby

1. a. Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.

Definition of Hubby

1. Noun. (informal term of endearment) husband ¹

2. Adjective. (American English) Full of hubs or protuberances. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hubby

1. a husband [n -BIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hubby

hubbard squash
hubbier
hubbies
hubbiest
hubble-bubble
hubble bubble
hubbly
hubbly-bubbly
hubbly bubblies
hubbly bubbly
hubbub
hubbuboo
hubbuboos
hubbubs
hubby (current term)
hubcap
hubcapped
hubcaps
hubeite
hubless
hubner
hubnerite
hubnerites
hubodometer
hubodometers
hubometer
hubometers
huboon
huboons

Literary usage of Hubby

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

1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1853)
"DAVID L. hubby vs. HIRAM hubby & another. A mortgage of personal property, purporting to be made to three persons. to secure the payment of a several debt ..."

2. Typical Newspaper Stories by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"—Kansas City Star SHE SERVES COAL AND CURES hubby Here 's a story for wives only. All wives are not included, just those amiable spouses who have hubbies ..."

3. Notes to Phillipps' Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill, Samuel March Phillipps (1839)
"See hubby v. Brown, 16 John. Rep. 70, where the same rule is laid down. NOTE 106—p. 62. One who borrows money as the assumed agent of another, ..."

4. Catalogue of the General and Law Library of the State of Tennessee by George Stodart Blackie, Paralee Haskell (1871)
"F. Hall; with a Digest and Indices by Robert Farn- ham, CC Andrews, and J. hubby Ashton. G.—SUPREME COURT REPORTS. ALABAMA. Jones' Reports. ..."

5. Half My Heart Is in Iraq! by David D. Bayouth (2006)
"My hubby was deployed yesterday, January 17th, ... This is our first baby and my hubby won't be here when I give birth but I know he will be here in our ..."

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