abandonee

abandonee

English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæn.dəˌni/

Noun

abandonee (plural abandonees)

1. (law) One to whom something is abandoned. [Mid 19^th century.][1]

Translations

Translations

Dutch: cessionaris (nl),

French: abandonnataire (fr) m or f

References

1. “abandonee” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.