divorcée
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See fiancée.
Etymology
Origin of divorcée
First recorded in 1805–15; from French divorcée, feminine of divorcé; see origin at divorcé
Example Sentences
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When Harry confided to friends his plans to propose to an American divorcée, the Duke of Windsor was invoked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
He married Pauline Mullins, a divorcée with two children, in 1959.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
Solène is a 39-year-old art gallery owner in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles who's also a recent divorcée and a mother to a teenager.
From Salon • May 22, 2024
There is an unhappy divorcée finding new love, and perhaps losing herself, in the metaverse.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023
He had not, however, thought it necessary to make himself entirely miserable while abroad; and there were those who more than once spoke his name in company with that of a young and dashing divorcée.
From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston
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