-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
