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awardee

/əwɔɹˈdi/

awardee noun: the recipient of an award or special honor.

Noun

awardee (plural awardees)

  1. The recipient of an award or special honor.
    • The other awardee that evening was Tom Frei, being honored for his advancement of the cure for leukemia.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 375
    Synonyms:
    honoree

Synonyms of awardee

Forms of awardee

pluralawardees

Origin of awardee

From award + -ee.

Questions about awardee

What does awardee mean?
Awardee means the recipient of an award or special honor.
What part of speech is awardee?
Awardee is a noun.
How do you pronounce awardee?
Awardee is pronounced /əwɔɹˈdi/.
What is the plural of awardee?
The plural of awardee is awardees.

Words near awardee in the dictionary

  1. award ceremonies
  2. award ceremony
  3. award-winning
  4. awardable
  5. awarded
  6. awardee
  7. awardees
  8. awarder
  9. awarders
  10. awardest
  11. awardeth

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