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hubby

noun

ˈhə-bē

Definition of hubby

as in husband

a male partner in a marriage my hubby's been gone on a trip all week, and I really miss him

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Recent Examples of hubby But Swift probably encouraged her hubby in performing a duet. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 My daughter’s mother filled our daughter with hate toward me, especially after hubby number two dumped her. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 After pulling off their biggest heist yet, a gorgeous con artist Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy, a true joy in the role) and her equally gorgeous con-artist hubby Cary (Drew Starkey) down a bunch of shots, look adoringly at each other and party hard. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 Yup, that’s Debbie (Spencer), a Yale Law graduate whose days are dedicated to doing everything her hubby is too dumb to do himself (namely, his entire job) and whose nights are spent calling her kids, hosting book club, and planning for the future. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hubby

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The grieving husband said Soto de Guzman wanted to take their son to Santo Domingo on Saturday and had already booked a flight, but the son was in the midst of a mental health crisis.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026
Her husband of nearly 58 years, businessman Carl Dean, died at age 82 on March 3, 2025.

— Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

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