"spousess" meaning in All languages combined

See spousess on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: spousesses [plural]
Etymology: From spouse + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spouse|ess}} spouse + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} spousess (plural spousesses)
  1. (obsolete) A wife or bride. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "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:",
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