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les·see (les ē′)

noun

a person to whom property is leased; tenant

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr < OFr lessé, pp. of lesser < OFr laissier: see lease & -ee

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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