abandonee

English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæn.dəˌni/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

abandonee (plural abandonees)

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

Translations

Translations

Dutch: cessionaris (nl),
French: abandonnataire (fr) m or f
Hindi: परित्यक्ती m (parityaktī)

References

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.

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