detailee
detailee noun: an employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
Noun
detailee (plural detailees)
- An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- In a letter highly-critical of government efforts to “secure” the nation’s critical infrastructure, Beckström said that NSA “effectively controls DHS cyber efforts through detailees [and] technology insertions.”2010, Tom Burghardt, The “Cyberwar” Is Over and the National Security Agency Has Won
Forms of detailee
| plural | detailees |
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Origin of detailee
From detail + -ee.
Questions about detailee
- What does detailee mean?
- Detailee means an employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- What part of speech is detailee?
- Detailee is a noun.
- What is the plural of detailee?
- The plural of detailee is detailees.
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