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husband | American Dictionary

husband
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhʌz·bənd/
the man to whom a woman is married; a married man

Examples of husband

husband
Talking about men, did the husbands like the clinic?
Consequently, in many cases, women depend on their husbands for financial resources.
In contrast, the overall educational level of the husbands was much higher, with 591% recorded as having experienced some form of schooling.
The relationship between age at marriage of women and the level of education of their husbands was also investigated.
Women with a higher level of education had a later age at marriage and this was even later for women with educated husbands.
The perception of sons and husbands as the principal means of security emphasises the continuing traditional patriarchal form of society in developing countries.
However, the nature of reliability of husband's age is useful and it could be compared with the levels of discrepancies on other variables.
Even if detailed information on husbands' ages was available, the level of inconsistency would be unlikely to be lower than that on respondents' ages.
About three-quarters of the women reported their husbands' ages consistently within 2 years, even if only one-fifth gave identical ages.
An additional method was included that had not previously been investigated-selective artificial insemination with husband's spermatozoa.
Data on psychiatric illness in the parents of the applicants were obtained from the subjects and verified by their husbands.
The major reason some husbands were not interviewed was because they were temporarily absent from the household (74%).
Cases demonstrate, however, that recognition of a husband's marital privilege was acknowledged or withheld on racial terms and in conjunction with congressional naturalization laws.
In one city, seven hundred husbands perished, but not one wife!
Women who had gained the vote and an acknowledgement of independent citizenship found that their civic identities were still attached to their husbands.
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Collocations withhusband

husband

These are words often used in combination with husband.

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deceased husband
They appear either to have been finishing a transfer arranged by their deceasedhusband, or to be setting themselves up with a retirement home.
devoted husband
Ray was a profoundly devotedhusband and father.
estranged husband
She looks after her two teenage children but does not receive a penny piece from her estrangedhusband.
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