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jailee

jailee noun: one who is jailed; a prisoner.

Noun

jailee (plural jailees)

  1. One who is jailed; a prisoner.
    • There is the jailee in Ciudad Jua'rez, Mexico, in 1968, forced to argue in local court for his own interest in uncertain street Spanish or caló after a spat with a hotelkeeper.2003, A. Robert Lee, Multicultural American literature, page 62
    • Both the jailer and the jailee are in prison.2008, Elaine T. Jones, Price Road: Let's Talk About It, page 159

Forms of jailee

pluraljailees

Origin of jailee

From jail + -ee.

Questions about jailee

What does jailee mean?
Jailee means one who is jailed; a prisoner.
What part of speech is jailee?
Jailee is a noun.
What is the plural of jailee?
The plural of jailee is jailees.

Words near jailee in the dictionary

  1. jailbroken
  2. jailcell
  3. jailcells
  4. jaildom
  5. jailed
  6. jailee
  7. jailees
  8. jailer
  9. jaileress
  10. jaileresses
  11. jailering

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