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nee

  [ney]
–adjective
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name): Madame de Staël, nee Necker.
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Origin:
1750–60; < F, fem. of né (ptp. of naître to be born) ≪ L nātus (see native )
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née also nee   (nā)   
adj.  

  1. Born. Used to indicate the maiden name of a married woman.

  2. Formerly known as.


[French, feminine past participle of naître, to be born, from Old French naistre, from Latin nāscī; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

nee 
introducing the maiden name of a married woman, 1758, from Fr. née, fem. pp. of naître "born," from L. natus, pp. of nasci (see nation).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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