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possessees

possessees is the plural of possessee.

Meaning of possessee

Noun

possessee (plural possessees)

  1. Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
    Synonyms:
    complement
  2. The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
    • The story gets wildly out of hand as renegade exorcist James Olsen kidnaps the possessee from jail and drags him to the house for a climactic display of head-splitting make-up effects and noisy ritual chanting.2011, Kim Newman, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, page 225
    Synonyms:
    energumen

Questions about possessees

What is possessees the plural of?
Possessees is the plural of possessee.

Words near possessees in the dictionary

  1. possessed
  2. possessedly
  3. possessedness
  4. possessedst
  5. possessee
  6. possessees
  7. possesser
  8. possessers
  9. possesses
  10. possessest
  11. possesseth

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