divorcée

Or di·vor·cee

[dih-vawr-sey, -see, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr-]

noun

1. a divorced woman.

divorcée

/ dɪvɔːˈsiː /

noun

1. a person, esp a woman, who has been divorced

Gender Note

See fiancée.

Word History and Origins

Origin of divorcée¹

First recorded in 1805–15; from French divorcée, feminine of divorcé; divorcé