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returnees

returnees is the plural of returnee.

Meaning of returnee

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

Questions about returnees

What is returnees the plural of?
Returnees is the plural of returnee.

Words near returnees in the dictionary

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

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