shipwreckee

shipwreckee

English

Etymology

shipwreck +‎ -ee

Noun

shipwreckee (plural shipwreckees)

1. One who is shipwrecked.
   • 1955, Gregorio Marañón, Charles David Ley, Antonio Pérez, "Spanish Traitor"

     Evidently his real charge was not to help Perez in his linguistic difficulties but to spy on him. But the malign shipwreckee was at the same time a spy...

   • 2001, David Spedding, Shipwrecked International

     There is a chapter devoted to each shipwreckee, including their own photographs, drawings, cartoons, extracts from journals and other writings.

Synonyms

• castaway
• maroon