fiancée
/fɪˈɒnseɪ
/ /fɪˈɑːnseɪ/ /fɪˈɒ̃seɪ/noun
A woman to whom a man is engaged to be married: he went back to the valley to marry his fiancée...
- Seung-hun wanted to break his prior engagement with his fiancée to marry Hye-kyo.
- But that's politics-as soon as the writ is dropped, girlfriends become fiancées for the duration, to lend that air of maturity and permanence.
- A Warminster soldier has been killed while serving in Iraq just months before he was set to marry his fiancée.
Synonyms
betrothed, wife-to-be, husband-to-be, bride-to-be, future wife/husband, prospective wife/husband, prospective spouse
informal, dated intended
