Spouse

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• A husband
  Husband
  
  A husband is a male spouse in a marriage. The term may also include a male partner in a civil union or civil partnership in certain legal and social contexts....
  , referring to a male
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  Mal? , population 104,403 , is the Capital , the largest city in terms of population, and the name of an island in the Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll....
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• A wife
  Wife
  
  A wife is a female spouse, or participant in a marriage....
  , referring to a female
  Female
  
  Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces mobile ovum . The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male....
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• In some usages, a partner in a civil union
  Civil union
  
  A civil union is a legally recognized union similar to marriage. Beginning with civil unions in Denmark in 1989, civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in many developed countries in order to provide homosexuality with rights, benefits, and Moral responsibility similar to opposite-sex civil marriage....
   instead of a proper marriage

See also

• Work spouse
  Work spouse
  
  A work spouse is a co-worker with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage; such as, special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness....
  s, a pair of co-workers sharing emotional bonds similar to those in a marriage