ex-fiancé

noun

ex-fi·​an·​cé ¦eks-ˌfē-ˌän-ˈsā 

-fē-ˈän-ˌsā

plural ex-fiancés

: a man whom one was formerly engaged to but never married : a former fiancé

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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