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
The series follows couples who have applied for a K-1 visa, allowing a U.S. citizen to bring over their affianced love from another country.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 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
If this woman decides to yell at you for becoming affianced, that’s a real opportunity for her fiancé to lovingly encourage her to amend her bad behavior.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2017
Hedwig made a brief reply, cold as the address had been, diligently studying the design of her fan as she spoke, and then turned at once to her affianced husband.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
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