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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.
Also, née.

Origin:
1750–60; < French, feminine of né (past participle of naître to be born) ≪ Latin nātus (see native)
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née or nee (neɪ)
 
—adj
indicating the maiden name of a married woman: Mrs Bloggs née Blandish
 
[C19: from French: past participle (fem) of naître to be born, from Latin nascī]
 
nee or nee
 
—adj
 
[C19: from French: past participle (fem) of naître to be born, from Latin nascī]

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nee
introducing the maiden name of a married woman, 1758, from Fr. née, fem. pp. of naître "born," from L. natus, pp. of nasci "to be born" (Old L. gnasci; see genus).
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