Usually means: Engaged to be married soon.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word betrothed:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. betrothed: Merriam-Webster
  2. betrothed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. betrothed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. betrothed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. betrothed: Vocabulary.com
  6. Betrothed, betrothed: Wordnik
  7. betrothed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. betrothed: Wiktionary
  9. betrothed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. betrothed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. betrothed: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Betrothed, betrothed: Dictionary.com
  13. Betrothed (short story), Betrothed, The Betrothed (Kipling poem), The Betrothed (Manzoni novel), The Betrothed (Scott novel), The Betrothed (TV miniseries), The Betrothed (Walter Scott novel), The Betrothed (miniseries), The Betrothed (poem), The Betrothed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Betrothed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. betrothed: Rhymezone
  16. Betrothed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. betrothed: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Betrothed: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. betrothed: FreeDictionary.org
  20. betrothed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. betrothed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. betrothed: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. betrothed: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See betroth as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (betrothed)

▸ adjective:  Engaged to be married.
▸ noun:  One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

Similar:
engaged, bespoken, affianced, committed, attached, pledged, sure, soon-to-wed, bespoused, maritated, more...

Opposite:
single, unattached, unengaged, unmarried, available

Types:
fiance, fiancee, more...

Phrases:
Darkwoods My Betrothed, betrothed woman, more...

Adjectives:
own, young, former, beautiful, first, fair, little, old, dead, unfortunate, lovely

Colors:
    white,     ivory,     cream,     blush,     champagne, more...



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Similar:
engaged, bespoken, affianced, committed, attached, pledged, sure, soon-to-wed, bespoused, maritated, more...

Opposite:
single, unattached, unengaged, unmarried, available

Types:
fiance, fiancee, more...

Phrases:
Darkwoods My Betrothed, betrothed woman, more...

Adjectives:
own, young, former, beautiful, first, fair, little, old, dead, unfortunate, lovely

Colors:
    white,     ivory,     cream,     blush,     champagne, more...



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