plural of active couple

In set dances with more than one couple dancing, the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance. The role of active couple may pass from one couple to another. In many quadrilles, certain figures will have two active couples at any one time; in long set dances, quite often every other couple or every third couple is the active couple.

Two people who are married to each other.

(transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two. / (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.

(historical) One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).

plural of couple-beggar

The bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.

plural of bridal couple

Alternative form of couplish

Synonym of supercouple