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maiden name

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈmaiden name ●○○ noun [countable]  NAME OF A PERSONa woman’s family name before she got married and started using her husband’s family name 〔女子的〕娘家姓 married name
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maiden nameAnd I see no point in reverting to my maiden name since that belonged to my father.Or is Jones your maiden name?
ˈmaiden name nounChineseSyllable
family she Corpus a and started married woman’s got name before


maiden name
ˈmaiden name noun [countable]
a woman’s family name before she got married and started using her husband’s family name ⇨ married name


maiden nameBrE /ˈmeɪdn neɪm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmeɪdn neɪm/ 🔊 nouna woman's family name before marriage (女子的)娘家姓Kate kept her maiden name when she got married (= did not change her surname to that of her husband). 凯特结婚后仍用她娘家的姓。🔊🔊