Definition of Spouse

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spouse
n. husband, wife, mate

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Spouse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spouse
(n.)
To wed; to espouse.
  
(n.)
A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.
  
(n.)
A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
  

WordNet 2.0
spouse

Noun
1. a person's partner in marriage
(synonym) partner, married person, mate, better half
(hypernym) relative, relation
(hyponym) bigamist
(member-holonym) marriage, married couple, man and wife

Anagram
spouse
      opuses

hEnglish - advanced version
spouse

spouse
\spouse\ (?), v. t. [see espouse, and spouse, n.] to wed; to espouse. [obs.] this markis hath her spoused with a ring. though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. she was found again, and spoused to marinell.
spouse
\spouse\ (?), n. [of. espous, espos, fem. espouse, f. époux, épouse, 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.
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.
spouse
n : a person's partner in marriage [syn: partner, married person , mate, better half]


spouse
(cant. 4:8-12; hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the scriptures it denotes only the latter.


Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
spouse
céile m., nuachar
my spouse, husband: mo chéile [mow khayl'e] m.


Spouse Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Spouse
(Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Spouse

See: Marriage
  

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Baalah
her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse
  

Nymphas
spouse; bridegroom
  


Spouse Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
spouse
uxor

Chaucer's Middle English Glossary
spouse
noun husband



Divorcesource.com Dictionary
SPOUSE
husband or wife.


Spouse Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Glossary of Genealogy Terms
spouse
A partner in marriage; one's husband or wife


Spouse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Marriage
Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmentalsocial, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage.

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