"spouseless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English spouselees, spowseles; equivalent to spouse + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spouselees}} Middle English spouselees, {{suffix|en|spouse|less}} spouse + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} spouseless (not comparable)
  1. Without a spouse; unmarried. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-spouseless-en-adj-O5dv8ShV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "2007 February 11, Byron Calame, “Can a 15-Year-Old Be a ‘Woman Without a Spouse’?”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But the new majority materialized only because The Times chose to use survey data that counted, as spouseless women, teenagers 15 through 17 — almost 90 percent of whom were living with their parents.",
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