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exspouse

exspouse is the alternative form of ex-spouse.

Meaning of ex-spouse

Noun

ex-spouse (plural ex-spouses)

  1. A former spouse (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
    • It must be maddening to know the chap has some more to spend, but one can't get at it. And after the divorce—and it is stricly comme il faut to divorce a millionaire husband with acrimony—the ex-spouses complain bitterly of being unable to maintain the life of luxury to which they have been trained...1921 July 22, Alma Whitaker, “Stingy Millionaires”, in The Los Angeles Times, volume XL, →ISSN, →OCLC, Part II, page 4, column 5

Forms of exspouse

pluralexspouses

Questions about exspouse

What is exspouse the alternative form of?
Exspouse is the alternative form of ex-spouse.

Words near exspouse in the dictionary

  1. exspiration
  2. exspirations
  3. exspire
  4. exspoliation
  5. exspoliations
  6. exspouse
  7. exspuition
  8. exspuitions
  9. exsqueeze me
  10. exstacies
  11. exstacy

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