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returnee

UK/ɹɪˌtɜːˈniː//ɹɪˌtɝˈniː/

returnee noun: someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.

Noun

returnee (plural returnees)

  1. Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
    • They recognise too, from the gait, from her posture, that whatever this returnee’s specific reasons for crossing whatever borders she did, they were painful, heavier still than all of her luggage.2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 139
    Synonyms:
    returner
  2. A person who sends something back.
    Synonyms:
    returner

Synonyms of returnee

Forms of returnee

pluralreturnees

Origin of returnee

From return + -ee.

Words that rhyme with returnee

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Questions about returnee

What does returnee mean?
Returnee means someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
What part of speech is returnee?
Returnee is a noun.
How do you pronounce returnee?
Returnee is pronounced /ɹɪˌtɜːˈniː/ (UK).
What is the plural of returnee?
The plural of returnee is returnees.

Words near returnee in the dictionary

  1. returned the favour
  2. returned to dust
  3. returned to form
  4. returned to one's muttons
  5. returnedst
  6. returnee
  7. returnees
  8. returner
  9. returners
  10. returnes
  11. returnest

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