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DIVORCEE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband

Synonyms:

divorcee; grass widow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("divorcee" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Instance hyponyms:

Duchess of Windsor; Mrs. Simpson; Simpson; Wallis Warfield Simpson; Wallis Warfield Windsor (United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication)

Derivation:

divorce (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)

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