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welcomee

welcomee noun: the recipient of a welcome.

Noun

welcomee (plural welcomees)

  1. The recipient of a welcome.
    • It is difficult to find anything in common except that the welcomers and the welcomees both belong to the masculine sex.1907, American Society of Municipal Engineers, Proceedings of the Annual Convention, volume 14, page 218
    • Welcoming people from all over the world, Honolulu has the glad heart behind the "glad hand," so to speak, when the welcomees give cause therefor, whether they come to teach, or to learn; to rest, or to work; to earn, or to spend.1922, Paradise of the Pacific, volume 35

Forms of welcomee

pluralwelcomees

Origin of welcomee

From welcome + -ee.

Questions about welcomee

What does welcomee mean?
Welcomee means the recipient of a welcome.
What part of speech is welcomee?
Welcomee is a noun.
What is the plural of welcomee?
The plural of welcomee is welcomees.

Words near welcomee in the dictionary

  1. welcome to the club
  2. Welcome Wagon
  3. welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-be
  4. welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk
  5. welcomed
  6. welcomee
  7. welcomees
  8. welcomeless
  9. welcomely
  10. welcomeness
  11. welcomer

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