spouse
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
Obsolete. to join, give, or take in marriage.
Origin of spouse
1Other words from spouse
- spousehood, noun
- spouseless, adjective
- un·spoused, adjective
Words Nearby spouse
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How to use spouse in a sentence
Now, multiply that and say their spouse or significant other.
Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (Ep. 431) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 10, 2020 | FreakonomicsI’m seeing—and giving—glimpses of spouses, kids, pets—or the lack thereof.
How this year’s 40 Under 40 are surviving the pandemic | jonathanvanian2015 | September 7, 2020 | FortuneNow, their supervisors are virtually in their living rooms, meeting spouses, babies and pets.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work | Digiday | September 1, 2020 | DigidayThe event is primarily for transmasculine and nonbinary folks, but friends, spouses and allies of any gender are also welcome.
A massive transfer of wealth is under way as male baby boomers die, leaving assets to spouses, and as more women become breadwinners.
US women will take control of an additional $20 trillion in wealth this decade | John Detrixhe | July 29, 2020 | Quartz
Who else would see a former spouse accused of underage sex and call him ‘the greatest man there is’?
Otherwise, he decides whether or not to perform a wedding based on how comfortable he feels with the spouse on the outside.
I point out to both of them that Wahlberg seems the very model of a supportive spouse.
I have to say that as a military spouse, I am excited to meet Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.
Well, that is very beneficial to the spouse who has a new job in LA, but detrimental to the one who left a job in New York.
In the humour her spouse was then in she had better have remained silent—she told him, that he was harsh and unjust.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieWhy,” said his spouse, after considering a moment, “he said you had been letting him into the mysteries of the cellar.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperLook: Nature burns around us and rolls in the arms of Summer, and drinks in the devouring breath of her ruddy spouse.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe duties which one spouse legally owes to the other are fairly well known.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.Have my young mistress and her august spouse already taken leave?
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for spouse
a person's partner in marriage: Related adjective: spousal
(tr) obsolete to marry
Origin of spouse
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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