- maiden name
- noun Date: 1689 the surname of a woman before she marries
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
maiden name
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Maiden name — Maiden Maid en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. Amid the maiden throng. Addison. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maiden name — maiden names N COUNT: usu poss N A married woman s maiden name is her parents surname, which she used before she got married and started using her husband s surname. Syn: married name … English dictionary
maiden name — n a woman s family name before she got married and started using her husband s family name →married name … Dictionary of contemporary English
maiden name — maiden ,name noun count a woman s original family name when she is married and uses her husband s family name instead … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
maiden name — ► NOUN ▪ the surname of a married woman before her marriage … English terms dictionary
maiden name — n. the surname that a married woman had before marrying: now used chiefly with regard to a woman who has adopted her husband s surname … English World dictionary
maiden name — noun a woman s surname before marriage • Hypernyms: ↑surname, ↑family name, ↑cognomen, ↑last name * * * noun, pl ⋯ names [count] : a woman s family name before she is married After she divorced, she took back her maiden name. * * * ˈmaiden name … Useful english dictionary
maiden name — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms maiden name : singular maiden name plural maiden names a woman s original family name when she is married and uses her husband s family name instead … English dictionary
maiden name — noun A married womans original last name; her name when she was a maiden … Wiktionary
maiden name — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. family name, inherited name, surname, cognomen; see name 1 … English dictionary for students
ˈmaiden ˌname — noun [C] the original family name of a woman who uses her husband s family name now … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
