Recent Examples on the WebHer reign was itself the result of a crisis in Britain’s constitutional order—the abdication controversy of 1936 in which her uncle Edward VIII ceded the throne to his younger brother in order to marry an American divorcee. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Through an exclusive matchmaking agency that caters to the ultra rich, a divorcee plots revenge against her ex-husband’s scheming mistress. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 July 2022 News of King Edward VIII of England forsaking the throne for American divorcee Wallis Simpson makes the Tribune’s front page.Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022 Brenneman is extraordinary as a bitter divorcee dragged on the run with Chase. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022 His fourth wife was an American divorcee and much younger than him. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022 Hana Mosazu grows up, and partners with a Japanese divorcee, Etsuko. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Mar. 2022 The film, starring Reese Witherspoon, is based on Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of hiking the PCT as a recovering drug addict and recent divorcee in an effort to find solace. The Editors, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2015 Cougar Town started out as a sitcom about a divorcee in her 40s getting back out there only to evolve into its true form as a weekly wine club with some jokes occasionally thrown in. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2022 See More
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Etymology
French, from feminine of divorcé, past participle of divorcer to divorce, from Middle French divorse