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identifyee

identifyee noun: a person or thing that is being identified.

Noun

identifyee (plural identifyees)

  1. A person or thing that is being identified.
    • In this form of examination the member merely places the number of the "identifyee" in front of the name on his paper.1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance
    • Are we to listen seriously to the identificatory evidence of people who do not notice the most strikingly obvious quality of the identifyee?1989, Frank Kuppner, A Very Quiet Street, page 72

Forms of identifyee

pluralidentifyees

Origin of identifyee

From identify + -ee.

Questions about identifyee

What does identifyee mean?
Identifyee means a person or thing that is being identified.
What part of speech is identifyee?
Identifyee is a noun.
What is the plural of identifyee?
The plural of identifyee is identifyees.

Words near identifyee in the dictionary

  1. identifiees
  2. identifier
  3. identifiers
  4. identifies
  5. identify
  6. identifyee
  7. identifyees
  8. identifying
  9. identifyings
  10. identikit
  11. identikits

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