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recognizee

recognizee noun: the person in whose favour a recognizance is made.

Noun

recognizee (plural recognizees)

  1. The person in whose favour a recognizance is made.
    • the plaintiff,C.D., &c. is called the recognizee1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. Someone who is recognized

Forms of recognizee

pluralrecognizees
alternative formrecognisee

Origin of recognizee

From recognize + -ee.

Questions about recognizee

What does recognizee mean?
Recognizee means the person in whose favour a recognizance is made.
What part of speech is recognizee?
Recognizee is a noun.
What is the plural of recognizee?
The plural of recognizee is recognizees.

Words near recognizee in the dictionary

  1. recognizeable
  2. recognized
  3. recognized component
  4. recognized components
  5. recognizedly
  6. recognizee
  7. recognizees
  8. recognizer
  9. recognizers
  10. recognizes
  11. recognizin'

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