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
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
Being gay is a great thing to be ostentatious about, although using the correct pronouns to refer to your affianced hardly reaches “ostentatious” levels, in my book.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 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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