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spousedom

spousedom noun: the state or quality of being a spouse.

Noun

spousedom (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being a spouse.
    • Walter, yet new in his spousedom, was more amenable than an older hand ; but Rosa had no want of anxiety in this her first dinner-party.1851 February, “A Little Stimulant — A Temperance Tale”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 2, number 9, page 363
    • The marketing of military spousedom was impressively wide-ranging: stickers, teddy bears, ball caps, jewelry, key chains. A bumper sticker stating, “Half my heart is in Iraq” was hotly debated in the online forums as a show of loving tribute or a way to turn your car into stalker bait.2009, Lily Burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN

Origin of spousedom

From spouse + -dom.

Questions about spousedom

What does spousedom mean?
Spousedom means the state or quality of being a spouse.
What part of speech is spousedom?
Spousedom is a noun.

Words near spousedom in the dictionary

  1. spousally
  2. spousals
  3. spouse
  4. spousebreach
  5. spoused
  6. spousedom
  7. spousehood
  8. spousehoods
  9. spouseless
  10. spouselessness
  11. spousely

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