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Divorcee   /dəvˈɔrsˌi/  /dəvˈɔrsˌeɪ/   Listen
Divorcee

noun
1.
A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband.  Synonym: grass widow.





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"Divorcee" Quotes from Famous Books



... beetles under spyglasses has been gradually extended to drowning mice in cages and seeing pigs killed. Time develops the germ; the cruel boy becomes the callous doctor or "sharp-practising" attorney, and the cruel girl becomes the cruel mother and often the frail divorcee. Drink and cards are an obsession with some; cruelty is just as much a matter of obsession with others. But the ingenuity of the occult brain rises to higher things; it rises to the subtlest form of invention when dealing ...
— Byways of Ghost-Land • Elliott O'Donnell
... disabled from marriage, gives a delightful sense both of zest and security. On the other hand, the separated lady must be to a certain extent circumspect, lest she should place a weapon for further punishment in the hands of her husband. But to the Divorcee all ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., October 11, 1890 • Various


Words linked to "Divorcee" :   Mrs. Simpson, adult female, Wallis Warfield Windsor, divorce, Simpson, woman, Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Warfield Simpson


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