Meanings
adjectivespouseless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a spouse; unmarried.
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.
2007 February 11, Byron Calame, “Can a 15-Year-Old Be a ‘Woman Without a Spouse’?”, in New York Times
Origin
- Middle Englishspouselees
- Englishspouseless
From Middle English spouselees, spowseles; equivalent to spouse + -less.
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spouseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spouseless
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“spouseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spouseless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spouseless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spouseless.
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