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shelteree

shelteree noun: a person who is taken into a shelter.

Noun

shelteree (plural shelterees)

  1. A person who is taken into a shelter.
    • In conjunction with the exaggerated estimates of evacuees, the numbers of shelterees were usually exaggerated.1998, Henry W. Fischer, Response to Disaster: Fact Versus Fiction & Its Perpetuation

Forms of shelteree

pluralshelterees

Origin of shelteree

From shelter + -ee.

Questions about shelteree

What does shelteree mean?
Shelteree means a person who is taken into a shelter.
What part of speech is shelteree?
Shelteree is a noun.
What is the plural of shelteree?
The plural of shelteree is shelterees.

Words near shelteree in the dictionary

  1. sheltered in place
  2. sheltered workshop
  3. sheltered workshops
  4. sheltered-in-place
  5. shelteredness
  6. shelteree
  7. shelterees
  8. shelterer
  9. shelterers
  10. shelterin
  11. sheltering

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