HOW TO PRONOUNCE
spouse
/spaʊs/
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What does spouse mean?
noun
- A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
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verb
- (dated) To wed; to espouse.
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IPA pronunciation
/spaʊs/
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She waited a few minutes observing them, and then proceeded to join her spouse with no very amiable sentiments.
"All the ground bursts asunder, and through the chinks the light penetrates into Tartarus, and startles the infernal king with his spouse."
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Generally he lives by himself, sometimes with his spouse, more rarely still with a third that is probably a grown-up son or daughter.
My eldest daughter will tell you that we have been without a morsel of bread for two days, four persons and my spouse ill.
But though he chopped with might and main he made no impression, and his gentle spouse was horrified to see the crudeness of his methods.