the male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.-a cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.-one who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.-a married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.-the male of a pair of animals.-to direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.-to cultivate, as land; to till.-to furnish with a husband.