BETROTHED

bespoken, betrothed

(adjective) pledged to be married; “the engaged couple”

betrothed

(noun) the person to whom you are engaged

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

betrothed

simple past tense and past participle of betroth

Adjective

betrothed (comparative more betrothed, superlative most betrothed)

Engaged to be married.

Noun

betrothed (plural betrotheds)

One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

Source: Wiktionary

BETROTH

Be*troth", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.] Etym: [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.]

1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her Deut. xx. 7.

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition