Dear readers, make yourself comfortable, now we will talk about husbands. Only not about the usual understanding of the word for each of us, but about its additional meanings.
We all know that a husband is a person who performs the functions of providing a woman. It was a joke, we begin with the clarification of the meaning of the word.
What is a husband?
"What stupid questions are being asked here?" - An adult, educated reader will be indignant. The answer to such a question will easily be given by any student. By the meaning of the word "husband" is meant a married man who has a spouse, children, family responsibilities.
And so it is, but only a few more meanings of the word exist. Let us turn to our favorite assistants - dictionaries. It is not necessary to break away from reading an article and go in search of them. We have virtual dictionaries, and they will require help from them.
Here's what the dictionaries will tell everyone:
The term “husband” means any male person.
Age representative of the human race.
- Dignified and important person.
A man in relation to the woman he is married to.
If we delve into the very, very old times, we can recall the appeal to the apostles: they were called righteous men not because the disciples of Christ were married, but because they belonged to the stronger sex.
Origin of the word
It is believed that the word under consideration is pan-Slavic. Today it has a neutral tint, unlike the same spouse. Here it is just used in official and business applications.
In addition, according to speech etiquette, the word "husband" is appropriate to apply only to the person who the woman is married to. If we are talking about official treatment or conversation, then the husband is called a spouse. It looks something like this: "My husband asked me to say hello to your spouse."
We will make sentences
Let's remember the childhood and make sentences with all the meanings of the word we are considering:
Olya has such a charming husband!
This husband is very smart, he has a good future.
The men gathered for an urgent meeting to review the firm's security.
Conclusion
Our conversation is drawing to a close, dear readers. If someone has questions, you can ask them. If there are no questions, we recall once again that the word "husband" has several meanings, which you now know about.
As for the origin of our word, we talked about it above. As well as about use in speech.