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maiden name

the surname that a married woman had before marrying: now used chiefly with regard to a woman who has adopted her husband's surname

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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