Reverse Dictionary: SPOUSE

NOUNS, PERSON
1388 ► SPOUSESS a female spouse, a wife, a bride, a married woman → obs.
1490 ► BEDFELLOW a husband or wife; a spouse; a concubine → obs.
1545 ► YOCKFELLOW → YOKEFELLOW a person joined in marriage to another; a spouse; a husband or wife
1567 ► YOKE-MATE a person joined in marriage to another; a spouse; a husband or wife
1580 ► BETTER HALF a spouse; one’s wife or husband, or, in later use, a partner
1637 ► HALF-MARROW a husband or wife; a spouse → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1684 ► BABY a lover; also a spouse; a term of endearment, a darling, a sweetheart or girlfriend; orig. only applied to women  → colloq.
1724 ► MARROW a spouse, a husband or wife; a lover, a wooer; of animals or birds: a mate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C.. ► WEDFELLOW a spouse, either husband or wife
1843 ► HINDERMATE a spouse or companion who is a hindrance
1926 ► MAIN SQUEEZE one’s boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse → sl., orig. African-American usage
1950 ► BITTER HALF one’s spouse → Amer. jocular usage
1976 ► XY a spouse → US sl.