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Definition of betrothed adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

betrothed

adjective

NAmE//bɪˈtroʊðd//

(formal or old-fashioned)

1betrothed (to somebody) having promised to marry someone synonym engaged

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2someone's betrothed noun [singular] the person that someone has promised to marry

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