divorcée

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di·vor·cée

 (dĭ-vôr-sā′, -sē′, -vôr′sā′, -sē′)
n.
A divorced woman.

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

(dɪvɔːˈsiː)
n
(Law) a person, esp a woman, who has been divorced
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di•vor•cée

or di•vor•cee

(dɪ vɔrˈseɪ, -ˈsi, -voʊr-, -ˈvɔr seɪ, -ˈvoʊr-)

n.
a divorced woman.
[1805–15; < French divorcée, feminine of divorcé divorcé]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.divorcee - a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
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Translations
divorcé
divorziata

divorcee

[dɪˌvɔːˈsiː] Ndivorciado/a m/f
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divorcee

[dɪˌvɔːrˈsiː] n (= divorced person) → divorcé(e) m/f

divorcée

[dɪˈvɔːrsiː] n (mainly US) (= divorced woman) → divorcée f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

divorcee

nGeschiedene(r) mf, → geschiedener Mann, geschiedene Frau; she is a divorceesie ist geschieden
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divorcee

[dɪˌvɔːˈsiː] ndivorziata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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