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fiancé definition

fi·ancé (fē′än sā′; also fē än′sā′, fē′än sā′)

noun

the man to whom a woman is engaged to be married

Etymology: Fr, pp. of fiancer < OFr fiance, a promise < fier, to trust < VL *fidare, for L fidere: see faith

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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