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spouse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | better half, married person, mate, partner |
| Type of | spousal equivalent, significant other, domestic partner, spouse equivalent, relation, relative |
| Has types | husband, married man, married woman, monogamist, monogynist, newlywed, polygamist, wife, consort, helpmate, helpmeet, honeymooner, hubby, bigamist |
| Derivation | spousal |
Examples of spouse
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Do you and your spouse or partner argue over politics, money issues or the kids?
From the sacbee.com
Still, the greeting-card industry isn't touching the office-spouse relationship.
From the online.wsj.com
What would happen to your family business if you and your spouse split for good?
From the businessweek.com
Sometimes actresses forget to thank their spouse when they are up on the podium.
From the suntimes.com
If you have a spouse with health insurance, it may be easiest to join that plan.
From the boston.com
That said, the spouse getting the refusals to talk has to refuse to accept that.
From the ocregister.com
You may want to distribute a number of common shares to your spouse or children.
From the theepochtimes.com
We have no idea how our friends, spouse or children will act in difficult times.
From the lillian-hunter.blogspot.com
It's a great gift for yourself, or a fun surprise for your girlfriend or spouse.
From the bostonherald.com
- A person's partner in marriage
- (spousal) bridal: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"
- A person's husband or wife; a husband's wife or wife's husband is his or her spouse, respectively; to wed, to espouse
- (Spouses) Persons joined in marriage, as recognized by state law, to Employees or Retirees or Municipal Insureds.
- (Spouses) A spouse is someone who is married to you. The marriage must be legally recognized both under federal law in Canada and in the country where it took place.
- Spouses refers to persons of opposite sex who are legally married to each other and living in the same dwelling. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- Legally married husband or wife. A co-habiting partner does not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes. A common-law husband or wife may or may not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes, depending on the laws of the country where the relationship occurs.
- A person who is legally married to you, or a person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom you are in a relationship that is registered on a relationship register of a State or Territory or a defacto spouse (whether of the same sex or a different sex).
- A person over the age of 16 to whom an individual is legally married. Same-sex partners who have undergone civil marriages in several provinces of Canada can be sponsored in the family class.
