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
  • Both players, arrested in the offseason on charges tied to domestic abuse involving their girlfriends, remain the subjects of ongoing league investigations.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There was a coordinated social media effort by the NFL to allow some of the league’s star quarterbacks — namely Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow and Jaxson Dart — to have their popular girlfriends canoodling with them at preseason practices.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • Four of my old boyfriends appeared because of what has happened to me.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The book is set around three years after the events of Heated Rivalry and sees Shane and Ilya as secret boyfriends while both play for Canadian hockey teams.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • This one’s for the chocolate lovers who appreciate a little mythology lesson, too.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Star-crossed lovers sing right past each other on the duet from Bryan’s new Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs EP.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 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 18 Oct. 2026.

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