Noun
my brothers and sisters and their spouses
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Noun
Locking or freezing your credit file will prevent your spouse from opening any new credit in your name.—Heather L. Locus, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 The detainee’s spouse was afraid to come in, fearful that they would be detained as well.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
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-