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decapitee

decapitee noun: one who is decapitated.

Noun

decapitee (plural decapitees)

  1. One who is decapitated.
    • Wicker has not been used at all this season, but his great work of the last two years seems to preclude the posibility^([sic]) of Bob’s being the decapitee.1905 May 29, “Better Times Expected by Frank Selee’s Colts: The Chicago Team Is Strong in Fielding and Has a Superfluity of Good Pitchers, But Has Batted Poorly Up to Date”, in The Pittsburg Press...
    • The most interesting (and clearest) was one of a decapitation carried out in the presence of a mandarin and an appreciative crowd of villagers. The utility of the queue was noteworthy. The decapitee was kneeling.1929, Time, page 6

Examples of decapitee in a sentence

  • It is a purely impersonal mater—except to the decapitee.1933 August 2, Marshall Evening Messenger, fifty-seventh year, number 39, Marshall, Tex., page four:
  • Pilgrims may still visit her head, along with the skulls of many other holy men and virgins in the church of the classic decapitee, John the Baptist, at Lumiar.2009, Lisa M. Bitel, “Relics”, in Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian...

Synonyms of decapitee

Forms of decapitee

pluraldecapitees

Origin of decapitee

From decapit(ate) + -ee.

Questions about decapitee

What does decapitee mean?
Decapitee means one who is decapitated.
How do you use decapitee in a sentence?
It is a purely impersonal mater—except to the decapitee.
What part of speech is decapitee?
Decapitee is a noun.
What is the plural of decapitee?
The plural of decapitee is decapitees.

Words near decapitee in the dictionary

  1. decapitation strike
  2. decapitation strikes
  3. decapitations
  4. decapitator
  5. decapitators
  6. decapitee
  7. decapitees
  8. decaplet
  9. decaplets
  10. decaploid
  11. decaploidy

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