surrenderee

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English

Etymology

From surrender +‎ -ee.

Noun

surrenderee (plural surrenderees)

  1. (law) The person to whom a surrender is made.
    • 1876, Herbert Newman Mozley, George Crispe Whiteley, A Concise Law Dictionary, page 435:
      The lord is compellable by mandamus to admit the surrenderee, that is, the person to whose use the surrender is made.