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MARRIED PERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's partner in marriage
Synonyms:
better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("married person" is a kind of...):
domestic partner; significant other; spousal equivalent; spouse equivalent (a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship)
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "married person"):
bigamist (someone who marries one person while already legally married to another)
consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)
helpmate; helpmeet (a helpful partner)
hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)
monogamist; monogynist (someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time))
honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)
polygamist (someone who is married to two or more people at the same time)
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Holonyms ("married person" is a member of...):
man and wife; marriage; married couple (two people who are married to each other)
