betroth to



betroth someone to someone

to promise someone in marriage to someone else. The king betrothed his daughter to a prince from the neighboring kingdom. She betrothed herself to one of the peasant boys from the village.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kobina-Western African, Akan
InigoIN-i-goEnglish (Rare)
Darejan-Georgian
Bratislav-Serbian
Gavriilgah-vree-EEL (Russian)Russian, Greek
MillicentMIL-ə-səntEnglish