neé

adjective [not gradable]

/neɪ/

Definition

› used after a woman’s married name to show the family name by which she was known before she married: Anne Timberlake, neé Logan

(Definition of neé adjective from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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