maiden name

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a woman's family name before marriage: Kate kept her maiden name when she got married (= did not change her SURNAME to that of her husband).

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

maiden nameEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus maiden nameEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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magnum magnum opus magpie maharaja maharani mahjong mahogany maid maiden maiden aunt maidenhair fern

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This entry for maiden name is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.

Is maiden name a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, maiden name is tagged as noun.

Does maiden name appear elsewhere on Lughet?

Yes — maiden name appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.

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maiden name