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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The surname that a girl is given at birth and that some women change when they marry.
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- noun A
married woman 's originallast name ; her name when she was a maiden.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman's surname before marriage
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