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One who's spoken for
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fiancee
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of fiancée English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"woman to whom one is betrothed," 1844 (1837 as a French word in English), from French fiancée , fem. of fiancé , past participle of fiancer "to betroth," from fiance "a promise, trust," from fier "to trust," from Vulgar Latin *fidare "to trust," from Latin ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman who is engaged to be married [syn: bride-to-be ]
Usage examples of fiancee.
Pamela Bedford had been the series of consultations regarding the reception arrangements, knew very well how Starks fiancee had reacted to the notion of a prenuptial agreement.
Lecturers usually take wives with them, and it is by no means unusual for fiancees to go along.
Veere also disappears, but of course nobody minds this very much, and, in fact, his disappearance is a great relief to all citizens who have fiancees in Miami at this time.
It seems that when Little Alfie is first canvassing Miss Beulah Beauregard to be his fiancee he builds her up to expect diamonds and furs and limousines and one thing and another, but the only diamond she ever sees is an engagement hoop that Little Alfie gives her as the old convincer when he happens to be in the money for a moment, and it is a very small diamond, at that, and needs a high north light when you look at it.
Instead, they found that Sullivan and his young Tanu fiancee had been freshly ousted by Aluteyn Craftsmaster and a rabble of renegade knights from the Great Retort.
How else could he have kept three fiancees from ever meeting each other in the small confines of Chugwater and Mowen Chemical?
His fiancée flung herself toward him, arms outstretched, eyes sparkling.
By dawn, the story of the missing gent and his grieving fiancée would be news from one end of the district to the other.
Long ago, my father had stolen Father’s Mike’s fiancée and married her himself.
I glanced towards my fiancée, to find that Mamma had taken charge of Jodi—well, as much as anyone can take charge of Jodi—and had her inside already.
Bad enough I was watching them decide what to think about my fiancée, but I had to worry about what Adam had stirred up at Mamma's orders.
More than anything, in fact, it had been Rita Stearns' unthinking use of profanity—and the way it seemed to have infected Tom—which had so instantly turned Mary's prejudice against their son's fiancée into unyielding opposition to the marriage.
For a long time his figures on the horse races are considered most remarkable indeed, and as he will bet till the cows come home on his own figures, he generally has plenty of money, and a fiancee by the name of Emerald Em.
We found the Leader, his fiancee, Char Stovall, and the other woman, Florence Burns - "