Noun
my brothers and sisters and their spouses
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Noun
Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.—Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025 Now, on his way out the door, the 46th president has issued blanket pardons to his brother James, his sister Valerie and their respective spouses.—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Selling Sunset star recently celebrated her 43rd birthday by renewing her vows to spouse G Flip in Australia, G Flip’s home country.—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for spouse
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French espus (masculine) & espuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus betrothed man, groom & sponsa betrothed woman, bride, both from sponsus, past participle of spondēre to promise, betroth; akin to Greek spendein to pour a libation, Hittite šipant-
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