husbandry.
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
Meaning & usage
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
The prudent management or conservation of resources.
Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
Agricultural or cultivated land.
Techniques of animal care.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). By surface analysis, husband + -ry.
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