divorcée

noun, adj — 2 senses

divorcée

noun

UK /dɪˈvɔːseɪ/ · US /dɪvɔɹˈseɪ/

Etymology Borrowed from French divorcée (“divorced woman”).

1

A divorced woman.

  • There are, in fact, 52,238 different ways to express your particular kink. (I know because I counted them, with the help of Stacey Smith-Bajorek, a divorcée from down the street.)2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 18:

divorcée

adj

Etymology Borrowed from French divorcée (“divorced woman”).

1

Divorced (of a woman).

  • [She went] ballistic on him and told him that a woman who was divorcee, with three kids to raise, only wanted him for support.(Can we date this quote?), Mercedes Vizarro, Cursed, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 49:
  • We -- we -- since she was divorcée, I persuaded our minister unfortunately to -- to give them together, just the same.1997 08, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Cross of Reality - 1953, Argo Books, →ISBN, page 354:
1 more example
  • [She] was divorcee and had a kid (daughter). I accepted the kid and I kept her as my own child.2010 November 1, Anita Jain, Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 149:
Related terms
divorcé, divorcee

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