fiancée

Definition

A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiancée.

Example Sentences

• "Toward the end of 1860, as told in his book, Lindley, together with his Portuguese fiancée Marie, a British friend he called “L.”, and a Greek friend B. Philip, joined the Taiping Army at Tianjing (Nanjing) — the capital of the Taiping Kingdom."

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