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How to pronounce betrothed in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bespoken
Type Words
Type of lover
Has types bride-to-be, groom-to-be, fiance, fiancee

Examples of betrothed

betrothed
Bookish, betrothed girl sneaks snog with blond English chap under Italian moon.
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As the dearly betrothed quickly find out, organizing a wedding is no honeymoon.
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She pours it all into Elvira, who's in love with one man but betrothed to another.
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He manages to win her hand at the expense of Gwawl, to whom she is betrothed.
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As was customary for nobility in the medieval times, Anna was betrothed at infancy.
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She was raised as an aristocrat and betrothed to the fictitious Earl of Farringdon.
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In essence, the 32-year-old and the team are betrothed for just the next four years.
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Yet my betrothed and I had agreed to a weekend exploring north Shropshire by tandem.
From the guardian.co.uk
His parents were betrothed in the Leiden Walloon Church on January 13, 1596.
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More examples
  • Bespoken: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
  • The person to whom you are engaged
  • (betrothal) a mutual promise to marry
  • (betrothal) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
  • The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two Tales of the Crusaders, the second being The Talisman.
  • The Betrothed is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, first published in book form in Departmental Ditties (1886). It is a tongue-in-cheek work by the young bachelor Kipling, who affected a very worldly-wise stance. ...
  • The Betrothed (orig. I Promessi Sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel of the Italian language.Archibald Colquhoun. Manzoni and his Times. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1954.
  • Betrothal (also called espousal) is a formal state of engagement to be married.
  • (Betrothal) The first part of the two-part process of Jewish marriage, which creates the legal relationship without the mutual obligations. In Hebrew, it is called "kiddushin."