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abandonee

American  
[uh-ban-duh-nee] / əˌbæn dəˈni /

noun

  1. the party to whom a right or property is abandoned abandoned by another, especially an insurer to whom a property has been relinquished.

  2. a person who has been abandoned.

abandonee British  
/ əˌbændəˈniː /

noun

  1. law a person to whom something is formally relinquished, esp an insurer having the right to salvage a wreck

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Etymology

Origin of abandonee

First recorded in 1840–50; abandon + -ee

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Une locomotive abandonée devant Thiepval.

From Project Gutenberg

L'opinion de Lamarck est aujourd'hui abandonee par tous les naturalistes qui ont etudie sagement les modifications possibles des etres organises...

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