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divorcé

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di⋅vor⋅cé

[di-vawr-sey, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr-]
–noun
a divorced man.

Origin:
1805–15; < F, n. use of masc. ptp. of divorcer < ML dīvortiāre to divorce, deriv. of L dīvortium divorce
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di·vor·cé   (dĭ-vôr-sā', -sē', -vōr-, -vôr'sā', -sē', -vōr'-)   
n.  A divorced man.

[French, masculine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce.]
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