spouse
noun
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
spouseless
-
a word derived from
spouse.
Example Sentences
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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
People, old men of my city, lordly wise and hoar of head, I a spouseless bride and crownless but with garlands of the dead From the fruitful light turn silent to my dark unchilded bed.
From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
It is surprising that this beau-ideal should have remained spouseless for two years after coming into his estate.
From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Frank W. Hutchins
Then home To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
