SPOUSE

Spouse. Spouse
(Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.

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spouse. Spouse, n. a husband, wife, married person

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Spouse (spouz), n. [[OF. espous, espos, fem. espouse, F. époux, épouse, fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p. p. of spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self. Cf. Despond, Espouse, Respond, Sponsor.]] 1. 1. 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. 2. 2. A married man, in distinction from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.
At which marriage was no persons present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. Fabyan.