spouse equivalent

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Noun1.spouse equivalent - a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
lover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
better half, married person, partner, spouse, mate - a person's partner in marriage
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Further perks under discussion include free air tickets for the companions "or spouse equivalents" of unmarried MPs; free or subsidised air flights for MP's children and families.
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Having remarked on Goldsmith's baroque private life--spouses or spouse equivalents in every port--they lauded him, with a deferential smirk, as a "devoted family man' and printed without reservation Goldsmith's repellent claims to be a restorative force in the capitalist economy.
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