fiancées

noun

plural of fiancée
as in girlfriends
the person to whom one is engaged to be married his fiancée is insisting on an elaborate wedding

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Recent Examples of fiancées An additional selfie-style photo shows the couple flashing their new status as fiancees as Deahl shows off her engagement ring featuring a sizeable diamond. — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
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  1. girlfriends
  2. boyfriends
  3. lovers
Noun
  • But the day after Mother’s Day in 2017—which Jen memorialized by sending a group text to myself and the core girlfriends with a snapshot of her two toddlers on a big rock in Puerto Rico—Jen’s private plane fell out of the sky.
    — Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Here’s what 11 of his ex-girlfriends and former Playboy Playmates have had to say about the experience — both good and bad.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • Insider tip Lavender lovers, don’t sleep on the in-room bubble bath.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Louis Vuitton lovers looking for something outside that classic monogram are in luck.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of lovers

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“Fiancées.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fianc%C3%A9es. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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