Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

    She introduced him as her betrothed.

    Verlobter, Verlobte

    помо́лвленныйpomólvlennyj, помо́лвленнаяpomólvlennaja, обручённыйobručónnyj

More definitions
  • the person to whom you are engaged

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The princess was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off.

    deDie Prinzessin war einem Prinzen verlobt, der gar ferne lebte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. When the princess grew up she was betrothed to a prince who lived at a great distance.

    ruКогда принцесса выросла, её обручили с принцем, который жил далеко от неё. — odexed

    deWie die [Prinzessin] erwuchs, wurde sie weit über Feld an einen Königssohn versprochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

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Translations

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Deutsch
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fiancé or fiancée:

Origin

From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.

From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.

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Forms

plural: betrotheds
Singularbetrothed
Pluralbetrotheds

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbetrothen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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