spouse
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of spouse
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
“People should treat their spouses with respect.”
“At last such grace I found, and meanes I wrought, / That I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne”
“But mama got wise to the game / The youngest of five kids, hon here it is / After ten years without no spouse / Mama's gettin married in the house”
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noun
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A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
“People should treat their spouses with respect.”
“At last such grace I found, and meanes I wrought, / That I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne”
“But mama got wise to the game / The youngest of five kids, hon here it is / After ten years without no spouse / Mama's gettin married in the house”
verb
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(dated)To wed; to espouse.
“Do you stand possess’d Of any proof against the honourableness Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin spōnsus m (“bridegroom”), spōnsa f (“bride”), from spondeō (“to vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Displaced native Old English ġemaca. Related to espouse and sponsor.
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