Spouse

Spouse - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

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

Spouse - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SPOUSE, n. [L., to engage.] One engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. We say of a man, that he is the spouse of such a woman; or of a woman, she is the spouse of such a man.

SPOUSE, v.t. To wed; to espouse. [Little used. See Espouse.]