Original sentence: A husband refers to a married male individual, but originally it meant an individual who owned both land and stock.At one time being a spouse inferred that there was both a husband and a wife.In a hypothetical matriachal society the opposite may apply, whilst in matrifocal societies heirs to property are the women.In patriarchal society a wife was considered to be property of the husband who was also head of the household.Its original meaning was simply female.Wife now refers to an individual who is both female and married.With the increase recognition of same-sex marriage in modern society being husband no longer infers the existence of a wife or vice versa