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fi⋅an⋅cé

[fee-ahn-sey, fee-ahn-sey]
–noun
a man engaged to be married; a man to whom a woman is engaged.

Origin:
1850–55; < F: betrothed, ptp. of fiancer, OF fiancier, v. deriv. of fiance a promise, equiv. to fi(er) to trust (< VL *fīdāre, L fīdere) + -ance -ance; see -ee
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fi·an·cé   (fē'än-sā', fē-än'sā')   
n.  A man to whom a woman 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 Indo-European roots.]
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