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Definition of betrothed adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

betrothed

adjective

/bɪˈtrəʊðd/

/bɪˈtrəʊðd/

(formal or old-fashioned)

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betrothed (to somebody) having promised to marry somebody synonym engaged

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somebody’s betrothed
noun [singular] the person that somebody has promised to marry

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