incubee
incubee noun: someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
Noun
incubee (plural incubees)
- Someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
- But although it seems clear that everyone has an awful lot to say, none of the incubees seems to want to talk to me about their businesses. They are happy to pass out public-relations blurb sheets, which are filled with words like "content" and "information" and "people on the go."2002, Teresa Esser, The Venture Cafe: Secrets, Strategies, and Stories From America's High-Tech Entrepreneurs, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 53
- I am showing you respect by using their traditions, and traditionally, you'd give a gift on important occasions, such as the graduating of an incubee.2015 May 10, “Server Space”, in Silicon Valley, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller)
Forms of incubee
| plural | incubees |
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Origin of incubee
From From incub(ate) + -ee.
Questions about incubee
- What does incubee mean?
- Incubee means someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
- What part of speech is incubee?
- Incubee is a noun.
- What is the plural of incubee?
- The plural of incubee is incubees.
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