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单词 sposo
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sposon.

Brit. /ˈspəʊzəʊ/, /ˈspəʊsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈspoʊzoʊ/, /ˈspoʊsoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian sposo.
Etymology: < Italian sposo (see espouse n.). Compare earlier sposa n. O.E.D. Suppl. (1986) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (spō·so) /ˈsposo/.
Now somewhat rare.
A husband; (occasionally also) a husband-to-be, a fiancé. Cf. sposa n. See also caro sposo n.In later use esp. in Italian-speaking contexts.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband
churla800
lordeOE
werec893
husbanda1275
mana1325
masterc1325
sovereign1390
maritea1398
husbandman?a1439
goodman?1507
baron1595
spouse1604
husband of one's bosom1611
old man1673
hubby1682
sposo1741
hub1809
master-man1825
pot and pan1900
mister1931
DH1993
1741 H. Mann Let. 9 May in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVII. 40 The only news I know of the country..is that Bartolini..is sposo of Siristori's sister.
1744 H. Mann Let. 28 Apr. in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVIII. 435 There was a ball at Martelli's, the sposo's sister, last night.
1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 78 Hetty, who, with her sposo, was here to receive us.
1819 Ld. Byron Let. 30 July (1922) II. ix. 117 I have persuaded my contessa to put a side-saddle upon a pony of her sposo's.
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xviii. 328 The gentleman who has the honour of being her intended sposo.
1887 Athenæum 21 May 670/2 Italian girlhood..has two sole points of interest, the sposo and the fashion plate.
1908 M. G. D. Bianchi Mod. Prometheus viii. 163 E verro [sic], kisses of a maiden betrothed belong to her sposo.
1920 in R. Firbank Princess Zoubaroff iii. i. 90 Nurse: It was in her establishment..I met my Albert. Angelo: Albert? Nurse: Mr Mangrove—my sposo.
1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. vii. 10/1 What would be left for the famous Alice and her perpetually hungry sposo to do if there were Michelin scouts combing the world for such elusive holy grails as the best gelati in Italy or fresh fish in the Caribbean?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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