spouse

Your spouse is the person to whom you are married; your husband or wife. (noun)

An example of a spouse is your husband.

See spouse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a partner in marriage; (one's) husband or wife

transitive verb spoused, spousing

Archaic to marry; wed

See spouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(spous, spouz)

noun

A marriage partner; a husband or wife.

transitive verb (spouz, spous) spoused spoused, spous·ing, spous·es
Archaic

To marry; wed.

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