Couple wiki:
>For the definition of and words related to it see Wiktionary. Couple, as a noun, is close in meaning to pair, can refer to:two of any similar items;the publicly social bond between two people (most often heterosexual, but common use has also increasingly included homosexuals) in a sexual relationship:husband and wife;girlfriend and boyfriend;two girlfriends (ed.,not to be confused with the platonic use (eg., connotations free from physical desire) of the word "girlfriend");two boyfriends;a small indefinite number, usually but not exclusively 2 (number).
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