divorcee
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3.9
- noun
- /dɪˈvɔrˌsi/
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divorciada
- After years of marriage, she proudly identified herself as a divorcee and moved to a new city.
- widows and divorcees
Could Camilla be be be queen as a divorcee?
- Could Camilla be be be queen as a divorcee?
- And these were organizations that were for divorcees or widows and widowers, people who had kids and wanted to get together with other people who had kids.
- Because you remember, of course, she denied her sister, Princess Margaret, the opportunity to marry the man who she loved because he was a divorcee.
- And at that time in Poland, there was also stigma of, for people who were divorced, especially for the kids, they had a special name for divorcees.
- I mean, I know you've called as a young divorcee a sheep.
Examples
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The trailer belongs to a divorcee named Barb, as do the two children, a boy and a girl.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm a divorcee.
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I am a divorcee with a child.
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My mother was their queen, the first divorcee in the school system.
Fiction book (1999) -
Your mother is trying to fix you up with some divorcee.
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I met this beautiful thirty-something divorcee at a party 11 days ago.
Fiction book (2001) -
You know, we have a lot of divorcees in Phase IV.
Fiction book (1998) -
The fact that he had married a divorcee broke his widowed mother's heart, and she cut off contact with him.
Fiction book (1998) -
She's a divorcee.
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And these were organizations that were for divorcees or widows and widowers, people who had kids and wanted to get together with other people who had kids.
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who used to be married to someone
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3.4
A person who used to be your husband or wife
A woman whose husband is away for a long time, for example after divorce or separation
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word divorcee comes from the word divorce ('separation') plus the French ending -ée, which shows a woman who has been divorced. So a divorcee is a woman who has been legally 'separated' from her husband or partner.