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divorcée

or di·vor·cee

[ dih-vawr-sey, -see, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr- ]

noun

  1. a divorced woman.


divorcée

/ dɪvɔːˈsiː /

noun

  1. a person, esp a woman, who has been divorced


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Word History and Origins

Origin of divorcée1

First recorded in 1805–15; from French divorcée, feminine of divorcé; divorcé

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Example Sentences

“They are ruining Lebanon,” says a bejeweled middle-aged divorcée.

After Mrs. Moore died, Lewis married an American divorcée, whose sons inherited the royalties to his books.

Logline: A recent divorcée, with a daughter in tow, must move in with her kooky and sexually adventurous parents.

Nicole LaPorte on the Hollywood divorcée who stole his fickle heart.

Everything will be so different at home for me, and very likely you will forget me if your divorcée returns to Rome.

The forms followed in a second marriage—either of a widow or a divorcée—are quite the same as above.

The custom with the bride's name in the case of a widow or divorcée follows that of wedding invitations.

Is it a pretty divorcée holds him yet, as you say “with the come hither eye?”

What did happen was that the divorcée followed up her note by a call.

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