Word Meanings - SPOUSESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A wife or bride. Fabyan.

Related words: (words related to SPOUSESS)

• BRIDEGROOM
  A man newly married, or just about to be married. (more info) br, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. br bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused
• BRIDESMAN
  A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott.
• BRIDE
  OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer
• BRIDESTAKE
  A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.
• BRIDESMAID
  A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
• BRIDEMAID; BRIDEMAN
  See BRIDESMAN
• BRIDEBED
  The marriage bed.
• BRIDECHAMBER
  The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.
• BRIDEWELL
  A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
• BRIDE-ALE
  A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale. The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.
• BRIDECAKE
  Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
• BRIDEKNOT
  A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.
• HEBRIDEAN; HEBRIDIAN
  Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n.