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divorcee (n.)

"divorced woman," 1764, from French divorcée, noun use of fem. past participle of divorcer (see divorce (v.)). It began to lose its italics by the 1880s. The male equivalent in French is divorcé.

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Definitions of divorcee from WordNet

divorcee (n.)
a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband;
Synonyms: grass widow
From wordnet.princeton.edu