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‖ né, a.|ne|
[Fr. masc. of pa. pple. of naître to be born; cf. the more frequent née a.]
Born, ‘originally called’: used after the name by which a man is currently known, to introduce his original or former name (see quots.). Also transf.
1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder xiv. 153 He's a very nasty little person, is Mr. St. John Ackroyd, né Albert Biggs, a thoroughly unpleasant piece of bluff and brass. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Oct. 1271/1 Headlam-Morley (né Headlam) was born in 1863. 1977New Yorker 10 Oct. 50/1 One of the few Western holders of the Lenin (né Stalin) Peace Prize. 1988Washington Post 25 Sept. e6/1 L'Amiral de Grasse (né Francois Joseph Paul) played a brief but crucial role in the Revolutionary War. |