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signalee

signalee noun: the person toward whom a signal is directed.

Noun

signalee (plural signalees)

  1. (rare) The person toward whom a signal is directed.
    • Simple, economically rare emblems with messages, such as “I am fit, strong and morally good” were unable to evolve because a naive, untested acceptance of socially motivated information would be highly risky for signalees, since the interests of signaler and signalee are not identical.2013, Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer, Evolutionary Aesthetics, page 253

Forms of signalee

pluralsignalees

Origin of signalee

From signal + -ee.

Questions about signalee

What does signalee mean?
Signalee means the person toward whom a signal is directed.
What part of speech is signalee?
Signalee is a noun.
What is the plural of signalee?
The plural of signalee is signalees.

Words near signalee in the dictionary

  1. signalase
  2. signalases
  3. signalbox
  4. signalboxes
  5. signaled
  6. signalee
  7. signalees
  8. signaler
  9. signalers
  10. signalese
  11. signaletic

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