Divorcee
noun
A person who is separated from their spouse through an official legal process.
After the divorce was finalized, she was officially a divorcee.
Often appears as...
- female divorcee
- newly divorced
noun
A person who is separated from their spouse through an official legal process.
After the divorce was finalized, she was officially a divorcee.
Often appears as...
- female divorcee
- newly divorced
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Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
Being a divorcee may carry a social stigma in some cultures, affecting how people perceive them.
In her community, the rather conservative members looked upon her as a divorcee with disapproval.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specificity
Divorcee can refer to either a man or a woman, but sometimes people incorrectly use it only for women.
Both John and Jane are divorcees, adjusting to their new lives separately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Widowed
Don't confuse 'divorcee' with 'widow' or 'widower'; divorcees have ex-spouses who are still alive.
She's not a widow; her ex-husband is still around, making her a divorcee.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
Being a divorcee may carry a social stigma in some cultures, affecting how people perceive them.
In her community, the rather conservative members looked upon her as a divorcee with disapproval.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specificity
Divorcee can refer to either a man or a woman, but sometimes people incorrectly use it only for women.
Both John and Jane are divorcees, adjusting to their new lives separately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Widowed
Don't confuse 'divorcee' with 'widow' or 'widower'; divorcees have ex-spouses who are still alive.
She's not a widow; her ex-husband is still around, making her a divorcee.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
Being a divorcee may carry a social stigma in some cultures, affecting how people perceive them.
In her community, the rather conservative members looked upon her as a divorcee with disapproval.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specificity
Divorcee can refer to either a man or a woman, but sometimes people incorrectly use it only for women.
Both John and Jane are divorcees, adjusting to their new lives separately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Widowed
Don't confuse 'divorcee' with 'widow' or 'widower'; divorcees have ex-spouses who are still alive.
She's not a widow; her ex-husband is still around, making her a divorcee.
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I am here to confuse you...
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The politics of fiction...
where fathers were the heads of households, so I grew up seeing my mother as a divorcee in a patriarchal environment. In fact, I grew up observing two different kinds of womanhood. On the one hand was my mother,
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I am here to confuse you...
first wife she was a rich divorcee a businesswoman who owned her own business she was 15 years older than him and she proposed to him my fondness for younger men has a precedent first wave feminism you say I think of a Cairo train station
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The politics of fiction...
where fathers were the heads of households, so I grew up seeing my mother as a divorcee in a patriarchal environment. In fact, I grew up observing two different kinds of womanhood. On the one hand was my mother,
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Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!
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Naomi Watts
English Actress
Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Dealing with wedding stuff is a bit of a double-edged sword - it seems that divorcees are expected to either burn it all on the front lawn, tears silently coursing down their faces, or keep the stuff, shrine-like, concealed somewhere in their homes.
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Yvette Mimieux
American Actress
In 'Forbidden Love,' my character is a divorcee who has an affair with a young doctor. They are blissfully happy and have everything going for them. But their peers, friends, her daughter, and his family disapprove, and the affair ends.
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Karisma Kapoor
Indian Actress
India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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Rashami Desai
Indian Actress
The rumours and link-ups with my co-stars are upsetting. Is it a crime to be a divorcee and a single woman? Does being a divorcee mean you can't have a life?
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Elif Safak
Turkish Author
I find families intriguing, perhaps because I did not grow up in one. I was raised by a feminist, independent, single mother, a divorcee.
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Tinsley Mortimer
American Celebrity
If you have a girlfriend who is a fellow divorcee, you share a lot of common ground because you've been through the same things.
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Anna Magnani
Italian Actress
A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!
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Naomi Watts
English Actress
Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Dealing with wedding stuff is a bit of a double-edged sword - it seems that divorcees are expected to either burn it all on the front lawn, tears silently coursing down their faces, or keep the stuff, shrine-like, concealed somewhere in their homes.
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Yvette Mimieux
American Actress
In 'Forbidden Love,' my character is a divorcee who has an affair with a young doctor. They are blissfully happy and have everything going for them. But their peers, friends, her daughter, and his family disapprove, and the affair ends.
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Karisma Kapoor
Indian Actress
India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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Rashami Desai
Indian Actress
The rumours and link-ups with my co-stars are upsetting. Is it a crime to be a divorcee and a single woman? Does being a divorcee mean you can't have a life?
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Elif Safak
Turkish Author
I find families intriguing, perhaps because I did not grow up in one. I was raised by a feminist, independent, single mother, a divorcee.
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Tinsley Mortimer
American Celebrity
If you have a girlfriend who is a fellow divorcee, you share a lot of common ground because you've been through the same things.
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Anna Magnani
Italian Actress
A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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