fiance  /fi ˈɑn ˌseɪ/ ? Meaning of "fiance"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a man who is engaged to be married

Usage(s):

  1. He didn't think about the Yankee temperance movement of his childhood or his loving fiance Lois Burnham or his emerging talent for leadership.
  2. They meet in the eponymous city, he having lost his job, she having lost her fiance.
  3. Before you seal the marriage deal, make sure you and your fiance are intimate about money.

Quotes

  1. "The family and fiance and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified," Levin said.
    on Sep 13, 2009 By: Richard Levin Source: FOXNews

  2. Mr Sarkozy said he had met "a mother who lost her son, a fiance who lost her future husband".
    on Jun 1, 2009 By: Nicolas Sarkozy Source: BBC News

  3. "I was with my fiance watching her try on wedding dresses," Rockett said in a Tuesday phone interview with The Associated Press from Salt Lake City, where Poison is preparing to launch a 49-date tour. "We've got eyewitnesses to that."
    on Jul 2, 2008 By: Rikki Rockett Source: TIME

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