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‖ née, a.|ne|
[Fr., fem. of pa. pple. of naître to be born.]
Born: placed before a married woman's maiden name.
1758M. W. Montagu Let. 27 Nov. (1967) III. 192 The advantage of being casually admitted in the train of Madame de B., née O. 1831M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Apr. (1971) 529 This Abroad & at Home is by Mrs. Eaton née Waldy. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xlviii. 429 The interview between Rebecca Crawley, née Sharp, and her Imperial Master. 1919T. S. Eliot Sweeney Among Nightingales in Poems, Rachel née Rabinovitch Tears at the grapes with murderous paws. 1955Times 2 July 8/7 He married, after divorce proceedings, Mary Barrie (née Ansell), by whom he was, himself, subsequently divorced. 1973Times 3 Nov. 16/6 Mrs Fanny Harwood, nee Fanny Pain..was born in 1889.
Add:b. Hence transf. (often humorously or for effect) after the current name by which a man, place, etc. is known, to introduce the former or original name. Cf. *né a.
1958Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics XXIV. 273 (heading) On Tagmemes, née gramemes. a1961P. H. Lang in Webster s.v., Sonata for flute, oboe, and basso continuo née sonata for violin and harpsichord. 1970[see transfer n. 2 c]. 1977Modern Railways Dec. 459/2 The document..reiterates the GLC's determination to protect the alignment of Stage 2 of the Jubilee (née Fleet) Line. 1981W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Apr. 16/4 The flight attendant, née stewardess, singsongs over the loudspeaker. 1988Los Angeles Times 1 Sept. iii. 1/1 He once had a coach, the infamous Johnny Blood (nee McNally). |