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quotee

quotee noun: somebody whose words are being quoted.

Noun

quotee (plural quotees)

  1. Somebody whose words are being quoted.
    • Or it can summarize the inner thoughts of either the quoter or the quotee (“She’s like, yeah, as if I’d be caught dead in them!2007 July 15, Patricia T. O’Conner, “Like”, in New York Times

Forms of quotee

pluralquotees

Origin of quotee

From quote + -ee.

Questions about quotee

What does quotee mean?
Quotee means somebody whose words are being quoted.
What part of speech is quotee?
Quotee is a noun.
What is the plural of quotee?
The plural of quotee is quotees.

Words near quotee in the dictionary

  1. quoteable
  2. quotebook
  3. quotebooks
  4. quoted
  5. quotedness
  6. quotee
  7. quotees
  8. quoteless
  9. quotemark
  10. quotemarks
  11. quotemaster

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