n. A man to whom one is engaged to be married. [French, from past participle of fiancer, to betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance, trust, from fier, to trust, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere; see bheidh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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