spousess en · NOUN
Etymology
From spouse + -ess.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A wife or bride.
One account has it that at the ceremony there 'were no persons present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlemen and a young man to help the priest sing.'
2007, Anne Crawford, quoting Robert Fabyan, The Yorkists: The history of a dynasty. (History), quoted in The New Chronicles of England and France (1515), →ISBN, page 68:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spousesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |