fiance

Definitions


[fɪˈɒ̃seɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man to whom someone is engaged to be married
(e.g: my fiancé and I were childhood sweethearts)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from French, past participle of fiancer ‘betroth’, from Old French fiance ‘a promise’, based on Latin fidere ‘to trust’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries