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单词 espousee
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espouseen.

Forms: late Middle English espowsee.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French espousee.
Etymology: < Middle French espousee bride (a1140 in Old French with specific reference to a virgin who has consecrated herself to Christ, c1225 denoting a woman on or around the day of her marriage; French (now archaic) épousée ), use as noun of feminine past participle of espouser espouse v. Compare Old Occitan espozada (14th cent.).
Obsolete. rare.
A bride.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bride
brideOE
spousessc1384
espousee1480
bridewoman1530
bride-wife1567
espousess1597
novia1874
makoti1949
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. viii They were parents and of kynne to þe espowsee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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