About The Word Spouse
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Spouse
Spouse Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Spouse?
[n] a person's partner in marriage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Spouse: better half | married person | mate | partner Related Terms | Find terms related to Spouse: See Also | bigamist | consort | helpmate | helpmeet | honeymooner | hubby | husband | man and wife | marriage | married couple | married man | married woman | monogamist | monogynist | newlywed | polygamist | relation | relative | significant other | wife Spouse In Webster's Dictionary \Spouse\, n. [OF. espous, espos, fem. espouse, F.
['e]poux, ['e]pouse, fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p. p. of
spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self.
Cf. {Despond}, {Espouse}, {respond}, {Sponsor}.]
1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married
person, husband or wife.
At last such grace I found, and means I wrought,
That that lady to my spouse had won. --Spenser.
2. A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married
woman; a bridegroom or husband. [Obs.]
At which marriage was [were] no person present but
the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her
mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young
man. --Fabyan.
\Spouse\, v. t. [See {Espouse}, and Spouse, n.] To wed; to espouse. [Obs.] This markis hath her spoused with a ring. --Chaucer. Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. --Spenser. She was found again, and spoused to Marinell. --Spenser. |
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