MAIDEN NAME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's surname before marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("maiden name" is a kind of...):

cognomen; family name; last name; surname (the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name))

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