ETYM Old Eng. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. husbonda master of the house.
A married man; a woman's partner in marriage; SYN. hubby, married man.

1. An individual human; especially; an adult male human; a man belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation) — usually used in combination; husband ; lover; the human race; mankind; a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) that is anatomically related to the great apes but distinguished especially by notable development of the brain with a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning, is usually considered to form a variable number of freely interbreeding races, and is the sole living representative of the hominid family; broadly; any living or extinct hominid; one possessing in high degree the qualities considered distinctive of manhood; manliness; fellow, chap — used as mode of familiar address — used interjectionally to express intensity of feeling
2. Individual, person; the individual who can fulfill or who has been chosen to fulfill one's requirements
3. A feudal tenant; vassal; an adult male servant
4. One of the distinctive objects moved by each player in various board games; one of the players on a team
5. An alumnus of or student at a college or university
6 Christian Science; the compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spiritual image and likeness of God; the full representation of Mind
7. One extremely fond of or devoted to something specified + prikaži više

(1871-1950) German novelist. He fled to the US 1937 with his brother Thomas Mann. His books include Im Schlaraffenland/In the Land of Cockaigne 1901; Professor Unrat/The Blue Angel 1904, depicting the sensual downfall of a schoolmaster; a scathing trilogy dealing with the Kaiser’s Germany Das Kaiserreich/The Empire 1918–25; and two volumes on the career of Henry IV of France 1935–38. + prikaži više

1875-1955) German novelist and critic. He was concerned with the theme of the artist’s relation to society. His first novel was Buddenbrooks 1901, which, followed by Der Zauberberg/The Magic Mountain 1924, led to a Nobel Prize 1929. Notable among his works of short fiction is ‘Der Tod in Venedig/Death in Venice’ 1913.
Mann worked in an insurance office in Munich and on the staff of the periodical Simplicissimus. His opposition to the Nazi regime forced him to leave Germany and in 1940 he became a US citizen. Among his other works are a biblical tetralogy on the theme of Joseph and his brothers 1933–44, Dr Faustus 1947, Die Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull/Confessions of Felix Krull, Condidence Trickster 1954, and a number of short stories, including ‘Tonio Kröger’ 1903. + prikaži više