01 n. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
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A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.“At last such grace I found, and means I wrought, That I that lady to my spouse had won.” — Spenser.
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A married man, in distinction from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.[Obs.]“At which marriage was [were] no persons present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man.” — Fabyan.