Definition of Betrotheds

1. betrothed [n] - See also: betrothed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Betrotheds

betrays
betread
betreads
betrend
betrim
betrimmed
betrimming
betrims
betrod
betrodden
betroth
betrothable
betrothal
betrothals
betrothed
betrotheds (current term)
betrothing
betrothment
betrothments
betroths
betrousered
betrow
betrust
betrusted
betrusting
betrustment
betrustments
bets
betta
bettable

Literary usage of Betrotheds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territoryby Jacob Burnet by Jacob Burnet (1847)
"'The betrotheds is well translated, and very handsomely got up: so as to be entitled, bs its drem, to appear in the most refined circles, ..."

2. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1868)
"If a man carry off a maiden by force on the way to her betrotheds house." The signification must surely have some alliance to Gangan the older and ..."

3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1842)
"... for in modern English art they are shown in every degree of languishment and lassitude, from the " betrotheds" to the " Forsaken?,''—all of which, ..."

4. The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan (1915)
"... in which blue-eyed sweethearts pined and faded away out of grief for absent betrotheds, and young wives wept over empty cradles until they too expired, ..."

5. Me and Myn by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1907)
"... indeed, quite unspeakable joy that filled our hearts at the sight of our several betrotheds. You may smile—but it was really a noble effort. ..."

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