affianced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of affianced
Example Sentences
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The affianced Earhart and the married George Palmer Putnam met in his Manhattan office in the spring of 1928.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
However, usually the affianced couple can stick it out long enough to break up in private once the show is completely done.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024
Lindo gets off relatively easy by “only” being affianced to a stranger at age 4.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2018
The affianced co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” it turns out, have also been named visiting fellows to Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2017
No doubt she asked Miss James what had become of the young lady to whom her brother had declared he was affianced.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
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