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Definition of
née adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
née
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
neɪ
/
/
(
from French
)
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a word used after a married woman's name to introduce the family name that she had when she was born
Jane Smith, née Brown
See
née
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