ex-fiancée

noun

ex-fi·​an·​cée ¦eks-ˌfē-ˌän-ˈsā 

-fē-ˈän-ˌsā

plural ex-fiancées

: a woman whom one was formerly engaged to but never married : a former fiancée

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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