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Definition of spouse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spouse

noun
 
 
/spaʊs/,
 
/spaʊz/
 
/spaʊs/,
 
/spaʊz/
(formal or law)
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  1. a husband or wife
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French spous(e), variant of espous(e), from Latin sponsus (masculine), sponsa (feminine), past participles of spondere ‘betroth’.
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