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maiden name

 
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n.

A woman's family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a woman's surname before marriage


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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