recoveree

Noun

recoveree (plural recoverees)

1. (historical) The person against whom a judgement is obtained in common recovery.
   • As already indicated elsewhere (vide ante, c. ix.), a recovery was only, even if real and adverse, effective as against the party — the recoveree and his heirs and legal representatives — that is, those "privy" to him in estate.1879, John Reeves, William Francis Finlason, Reeves' History of the English Law, page 496
   • In all recoveries it is necessary that the recoveree, or tenant to the præcipe, as he is usually called, be actually seised of the freehold, else the recovery is void.1915, William Blackstone, William Carey Jones, Commentaries on the Laws of England - Volume 1, page 1202
2. Someone who is in the process of recovering from addiction.
   • The area was much too important to the prospective recoveree to be tampered with by mortal man.1996, Dick B., That Amazing Grace: The Role of Clarence and Grace S. in Alcoholics Anonymous, page 47
   • In this CCAR program, a recoveree receives a phone call from a trained CCAR volunteer (usually a person in recovery) once a week for a minimum of 12 weeks to check-in on the recoveree's progress.2014, John F. Kelly, William L. White, Addiction Recovery Management, page 272
3. Someone who has or is in the process of recovering from an illness.
   • On another afternoon, as a "surprise" feature of the Physical Fitness and Recreation group, six little girls from the local elementary school gave a demonstration in physical education; one of the children was a "recoveree" of crippling infantile paralysis.1945 July-September, “Health Education Workshop, West Virginia State College”, in National Negro Health News, page 13
   • It was like I was the one, not John, who was recovering from an illness, and I had all of the recoveree's heightened senses and exalted oaths to stop being dead to this carniaval called life.2007, Wesley Gibson, You Are Here: A Memoir of Arrival
4. Someone who has been rescued by a combat operation.
   • It was decided that all recoverees should be screened by the medical staff of USAHS Marigold, anchored in Yokohama harbor.1966, Reports of General MacArthur - Volume 1, page 111
   • Only a few officers were told that the recoverees would be POWs.2020, Darrel Whitcomb, Moral Imperative, page 153