troth
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English trouthe, trowthe, variant of treouthe, treuthe, from Old English treówth (“truth”).
[edit] Noun
troth (plural troths)
- the state of being pledged to marry someone; betrothal, engagement
- the promise or pledge so given as an act of fidelity
[edit] Quotations
- betrothal
- 1893, Henry James, Collaboration [1]
- Vendemer’s sole fortune is his genius, and he and Paule, who confessed to an answering flame, plighted their troth like a pair of young rustics or (what comes for French people to the same thing) young Anglo-Saxons.
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[edit] Translations
the state of being pledged to marry someone; betrothal, engagement
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the promise or pledge so given as an act of fidelity
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[edit] External links
- troth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- troth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- troth at OneLook Dictionary Search
