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Definition of nee : Born; - a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Stael, nee Necker.

Synonyms:

assignment, inheritable, naming ceremony, initial, namesake, Junior, after, nameless, by, heritable, of

Usage examples:

• This is all repeated until the doors wide open swinging admit Liszt, George Sand, Madame Camille Pleyel nee Mock, and others. - "Chopin: The Man and His Music", James Huneker.
• George Leicester did not accompany his friend, being, in fact, more agreeably engaged at the time in spending with Mrs Leicester- nee; Walford- a brief honeymoon in London, prior to taking command of the frigate Cigne, which had been purchased into the navy, and was then undergoing the process of refitting at Portsmouth. - "The Voyage of the Aurora", Harry Collingwood.
• Montague used to look back upon all this with wonder and amusement- from those days in the not far distant future, when the papers had cable descriptions of the gowns of the Duchess of Arden, nee Evans, who was the bright particular star of the London social season! - "The Metropolis", Upton Sinclair.