married person

/ˌmɛrid ˌpʌrsn/

Other forms: married persons

Definitions of married person

1. noun

   a person's partner in marriage
   synonyms: better half, mate, partner, spouse

   types:

   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 partner in marriage

   battle-ax, battle-axe

   a sharp-tongued domineering wife

   benedick, benedict

   a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)

   bride

   a woman who has recently been married

   crown princess

   the wife of a crown prince

   cuckold

   a man whose wife committed adultery

   family man

   a man whose family is of major importance in his life

   first lady

   the wife of a chief executive

   golf widow

   a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf

   bridegroom, groom

   a man who has recently been married

   honest woman

   a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time)

   house husband, househusband

   a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income

   homemaker, housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house

   a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

   marchioness

   the wife or widow of a marquis

   matron

   a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified

   mayoress

   the wife of a mayor

   missis, missus

   informal term of address for someone's wife

   old lady

   your own wife

   polyandrist

   a woman with two or more husbands

   polygynist

   a man with two or more wives

   prince consort

   a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign

   sheika, sheikha

   the wife of a sheik

   signora

   an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name

   trophy wife

   a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man

   ux., uxor

   (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife

   uxoricide

   a husband who murders his wife

   vicereine

   wife of a viceroy

   viscountess

   a wife or widow of a viscount

   type 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