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expirees

expirees is the plural of expiree.

Meaning of expiree

Noun

expiree (plural expirees)

  1. (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict whose sentence had been served.
    • [W]hen the year after, John Carr blossomed into an "expiree", master of a fine wife and a fine fortune, there were many about him who would have made his existence in Australia pleasant enough.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, IV.2

Questions about expirees

What is expirees the plural of?
Expirees is the plural of expiree.

Words near expirees in the dictionary

  1. expirative
  2. expiratory
  3. expire
  4. expired
  5. expiree
  6. expirees
  7. expirer
  8. expirers
  9. expires
  10. expirest
  11. expireth

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