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jestees

jestees is the plural of jestee.

Meaning of jestee

Noun

jestee (plural jestees)

  1. The individual who is the subject of a joke.
    • The mortgager and mortgagee differ the one from the other, not more in length of purse, than the jester and jestee do in that of memory.1759-67, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy

Questions about jestees

What is jestees the plural of?
Jestees is the plural of jestee.

Words near jestees in the dictionary

  1. jest
  2. jestbook
  3. jestbooks
  4. jested
  5. jestee
  6. jestees
  7. jester
  8. jester's privilege
  9. Jesterdoll
  10. jestered
  11. jestergoon

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