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lynchee

/lɪnˈt͡ʃiː/

lynchee noun: the victim of a lynching.

Noun

lynchee (plural lynchees)

  1. The victim of a lynching.
    • The lynchee's agony is not merely a convenient trope for romantic despair here: it is a preexisting condition, a racewide image of abjection that the loss of a lover serves to reactivate.2004, Peter M. Birkeland, Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America, page 126

Forms of lynchee

plurallynchees

Origin of lynchee

From lynch + -ee.

Questions about lynchee

What does lynchee mean?
Lynchee means the victim of a lynching.
What part of speech is lynchee?
Lynchee is a noun.
How do you pronounce lynchee?
Lynchee is pronounced /lɪnˈt͡ʃiː/.
What is the plural of lynchee?
The plural of lynchee is lynchees.

Words near lynchee in the dictionary

  1. lynch mobs
  2. Lynch syndrome
  3. lynchable
  4. Lynchburg
  5. lynched
  6. lynchee
  7. lynchees
  8. lyncher
  9. lynchers
  10. lynches
  11. Lynchesque

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