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-ee
suffix
1Forming nouns denoting the person affected directly or indirectly by the action of the formative verb.
‘employee’2Forming nouns denoting a person described as or concerned with.
‘absentee’3Forming nouns denoting an object of relatively smaller size.
‘bootee’
Origin
From Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns (e.g. refugee from réfugié).
Pronunciation
-ee
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