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Meaning of NEE

Pronunciation:  ney

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee Rodham"
 
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 Synonyms: heritable, inheritable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Nee\, p. p., fem. [F., fr. L. nata, fem. of natus, p. p. of
nasci to be born. See {Nation}.]
Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the
family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame
de Sta["e]l, n['e]e Necker.
 

 

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