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captees

captees is the plural of captee.

Meaning of captee

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

Questions about captees

What is captees the plural of?
Captees is the plural of captee.

Words near captees in the dictionary

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

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