| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fiancé |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fi·an·cé |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f  än-s  , f-äns |
| NOUN: | A man to whom a woman is engaged to be married. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from past participle of fiancer, to betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance, trust, from fier, to trust, from Vulgar Latin *f dre, from Latin fdere. See bheidh- in Appendix I.
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