-ee /iː/
suffix [in nouns][
Language: Anglo-French;
Origin: Latin -atus]
1. someone who is being treated in a particular way:
the payee (=someone who is paid)
a trainee
an employee2. someone who is in a particular state or who is doing something:
an absentee (=someone who is absent)
an escapee [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲