fiancé/fiance:
(plural: ‘fiancés/fiances‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘cé or ce’ rhyme with the word “say”; female: fiancée/fiancee — next entry → →)
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a man who is going to marry (engaged to) a woman;
a would-be husband of a woman,
Mark Mezvinsky, the fiance of Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton
Sarah said she had to call her fiancé. (i.e. she had to make a phone call to the man she is engaged to be married – whom she is going to marry soon)
Once a woman is engaged to a man, she immediately feels that her fiance is her own property and she has every right to look into his past, present and future life without his consent!
There are several instances where women cancel their engagement and wedding when they found out that their fiancés are cheats.
The fiances of celebrities experience a lot of pressure because of the media attention which is naturally new to them, unless, of course, those men are celebrities in their own right.
