PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The earlier center was householder or master of a house; household and spouse senses overlapped before the modern specialization.
/ˈhʌzbənd/ · noun
A married man in relation to a spouse; borrowed from a Norse compound whose earlier center was householder or master of a house.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Directly documents the semantic development.
Word History: house-master and spouse semantic overlapPublishes the older center.
Etymology: master of a houseThe semantic-change fields preserve the narrowing rather than projecting the modern relation backward.