1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Spouse

SPOUSE, (O. Fr. espous, mod. époux, espouse, épouse, Lat. sponsus, sponsa, a betrothed or promised man or woman, from spondere, to promise), a husband or wife, properly one promised or betrothed to another in marriage.

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