Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who is united to another in a legal or recognized marital relationship: This term refers specifically to an individual who has entered into the institution of marriage. It denotes their status as a spouse.
   • A person's partner in marriage: This definition focuses on the relational role, identifying one member of a married couple.

Usage

• The term "married person" is a formal or neutral way to refer to someone based on their marital status. It is often used in legal, statistical, or general descriptive contexts.
• It is typically used in the singular form. The plural is "married persons" or more commonly, "married people."

Examples

• Noun:
  • The survey collected data on the spending habits of the average married person.
  • As a married person, she had different financial responsibilities than her single friends.
  • He introduced her as his married person, though "spouse" or "partner" is more common in conversation.

Advanced Usage

• "The married person": Can be used in a generic sense to represent a typical individual who is married.
  • The tax code often provides benefits for the married person.

Variants and Related Words

• Spouse (n): A more common and direct synonym for a married person's partner (husband or wife).
• Partner (n): A broader term that can include a married person in a committed relationship.
• Husband (n): A male married person.
• Wife (n): A female married person.
• Married (adj): The adjective form describing the state of being a married person (e.g., a married man, married people).

Synonyms

• Spouse
• Mate (informal)
• Consort (formal, especially for royalty)

Antonyms

• Single person
• Unmarried person
• Bachelor (for an unmarried man)
• Spinster (dated term for an unmarried woman)

Notes

• While "married person" accurately describes an individual's status, in everyday English, relational terms like "husband," "wife," or "spouse" are more frequently used to refer to one's specific partner. "Married person" is more often used when discussing the category or status itself.

Noun

1. a person's partner in marriage