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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spouse /spaʊz, -s/
▶noun a husband or wife considered in relation to their partner.
– origin ME: from OFr. spous(e), var. of espous(e), from L. sponsus (masc.), sponsa (fem.), past participles of spondere ‘betroth’.



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