Noun
my brothers and sisters and their spouses
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Noun
Advertisement In the small farming towns outside Bakersfield, at gas stations and in the miles and miles of fields, everyone seemed to know about the arrests that had quickly spread across social media, sowing fear among migrant families, many of whom had children or spouses that were born here.—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 The addition of save and draft allows for future capabilities, including the ability for spouses to sign a form.—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 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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