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husbander

husbander noun: a person who husbands resources.

Noun

husbander (plural husbanders)

  1. A person who husbands resources.
    • In ancient times there were men who were such excellent husbanders of their time that they tried even in death to taste and relish it and strained their minds to see what their passage was; but they have not returned to tell us news of it […]2008, Ruth L. Nadelhaft, Victoria Bonebakker, Imagine What It's Like
  2. One who practices animal husbandry.
    • By 1840, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia (the part of the state that’s now West Virginia, in particular) held most of the South’s sheep. With larger flocks and more customers, husbanders soon developed sheep breeds that could produce plentiful, quality wool for most of their lives, then be turned...2020 April 8, Gabe Bullard, “Southern Mutton”, in The Bitter Southerner

Forms of husbander

pluralhusbanders

Origin of husbander

From husband + -er.

Questions about husbander

What does husbander mean?
Husbander means a person who husbands resources.
What part of speech is husbander?
Husbander is a noun.
What is the plural of husbander?
The plural of husbander is husbanders.

Words near husbander in the dictionary

  1. husband-in-law
  2. husbandable
  3. husbandage
  4. husbanded
  5. husbanded up
  6. husbander
  7. husbanders
  8. husbandhood
  9. husbandicide
  10. husbanding
  11. husbanding up

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