divorced man
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- noun
- /dɪˈvɔrst mæn/
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hombre divorciado
- And all the statistics say... that divorced men usually remarry.
- divorced man and woman
- recently divorced man
- newly divorced man
Examples
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Mostly, Mama Chona had worried that Eduviges was on her way to being an old maid, and she was pleased when Sancho Salazar strolled onto the scene, even if he was a divorced man and freethinker.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a divorced man, he found support in a local group where other men shared similar experiences.
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I go to Dinner parties And listen to Divorced men talk About themselves.
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And by the way, by the way, I like that there are more and more sports that divorced men can excel at.
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And as a divorced man, he wouldn't stand a chance for reelection.
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A divorced man can criticize no-fault divorce and the decline of marriage.
Blog text (18) -
I'm a divorced man who's loved you for 21 years, and ever since the day I set foot on this island, I've been trying to tell you how much I love you.
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After the divorce, he became a divorced man who often reflected on his past relationships.
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The movie features a divorced man navigating single parenthood and dating in a modern world.
Synonyms
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A woman whose marriage is over
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A person who used to be your husband or wife
A man who used to be married to a woman
A man whose wife is away or who does not live with her now
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man who is no longer married' is directly and compositionally derived from the adjective 'divorced' (having legally ended a marriage) modifying 'man' (an adult male). This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Divorced man comes from the word divorced meaning a marriage that has been legally ended, plus man. Picture two people who were joined but now move apart; that's why it means 'a man no longer married'.