fiancee  /fi ˈæn si/ ? Meaning of "fiancee"

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Definition(s):

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

Usage(s):

  1. It was written 90 years ago by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, to his fiancee Martha Bernays.
  2. The fiancee pretends to like his daughter but does not discourage her from running away when she decides she is not wanted in her father's home.
  3. Ernestina is his drearily upright fiancee.

Quotes

  1. "I just want to apologize to everybody - my teammates, my family, especially my fiancee," Richardson said after practice Monday. "I've been questioned as a basketball player, questioned as a person, but my fatherhood in question is tough,...
    on Feb 16, 2009 By: Jason Richardson Source: San Jose Mercury News

  2. "We are cautiously optimistic," Hodes said. "Hero still has a long way to go. My staff and I are working with the Rollins family, Justin's fiancee, Brittney, Justin's fellow soldiers, and DHL (a cargo company) to bring him back to New...
    on May 8, 2007 By: Paul Hodes Source: Boston Globe (registration)

  3. "As Reverend Sharpton just said, I did meet with (fiancee Nicole Paultre-Bell) and the whole Bell family," Spitzer said. "And let's just say this: We all grieve with them. And there are no words that can be sufficient for the tragedy that you...
    on Jan 15, 2007 By: Eliot Spitzer Source: Washington Post

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