- maiden name
- `maiden ,name noun counta 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. 2013.
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 — ► 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
