-ee

-ee¹ Definition

-ee (ē)

the recipient of a (specified) action, grant, or benefit appointee, selectee, mortgagee
a person in a (specified) condition absentee, employee
a person or thing associated in some way with another bargee, goatee
a person that performs the (specified) action standee

Etymology: < Anglo-Fr & OFr -é, orig. masc. ending of pp. of verbs in -er < L -atus: see -ate

-ee² Definition

-ee (ē)

forming an old-fashioned nonstandard form of nouns of nationality ending in -ese Chinee, Portugee

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