Noun
my brothers and sisters and their spouses
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Though the actor was there for his spouse’s big night, fans couldn't get over his epic bromance with his Deadpool & Wolverine costar Jackman, 55, whom Reynolds posed with.—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024 Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans.—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2024
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
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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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