abandonee

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English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

Noun

abandonee (plural abandonees)

  1. (law) One to whom something is abandoned.

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abandonee”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.