Husband

Husband

A husband is a male lifetime partner in a marital relationship. The rights and obligations of the husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between cultures and has varied over time. In a heterosexual relationship, a man's spouse would be his wife.

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    Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
    Bible: New Testament, Mark 10:11.

    Jesus.

    My second husband was an American. We traveled all over the world and everywhere we went he would say to people, “I am an American. I am an American.” They finally shot him in one of those Eastern countries.
    John Paxton (1911–1985)

    The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
    Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7:3.