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Nee vs Lee - What's the difference?

nee | lee |

As an adjective nee

is .

As a proper noun lee is

for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).

nee

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) , to be born.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(-)
    • Mrs Smith, nee Jones
  • Originally known as.
    • Since the name change, Butch (nee Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.
    Usage notes
    * As it is not a naturalised word in English, (nee) is often italicised. * When used for a man, the masculine form should be used.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ne or . Cognate with Standard English no.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with (na).
    • * {{reference-book , last = Griffiths , first = Bill , title = A Dictionary of North East Dialect , origyear = 2004 , publisher = Northumbria University Press , id = ISBN 1-904794-16-5 , pages = 121 }}

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    lee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  • (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
  • A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
    • the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
  • * Morte d'Arthure
    • We lurked under lee .
  • * Tyndall
    • Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .

    Derived terms

    * alee * leeward * leeway

    See also

    * lees

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