Fiancée
/fiˈɒ̃seɪ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged. dated, formal
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French fiancée.