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captee

captee noun: one who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.

Noun

captee (plural captees)

  1. One who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.
    • The attention of the would-be captee is drawn by a decoy bird which resides in a side compartment to the trap.2012, J.C. Jeremy Hobson, A Practical Guide To Modern Gamekeeping

Forms of captee

pluralcaptees

Origin of captee

From capture + -ee.

Questions about captee

What does captee mean?
Captee means one who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.
What part of speech is captee?
Captee is a noun.
What is the plural of captee?
The plural of captee is captees.

Words near captee in the dictionary

  1. captaynes
  2. captayneship
  3. captayneships
  4. captcha
  5. captchas
  6. captee
  7. captees
  8. capthepsin
  9. capting
  10. captings
  11. caption

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