presentee

American  

[prez-uhn-tee] / ˌprɛz ənˈti /

noun

1. a person to whom something is presented.

2. a person who is presented, as to a benefice.

3. a debutante.

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presentee British  

/ ˌprɛzənˈtiː /

noun

1. a person who is presented, as at court

2. a person to whom something is presented

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Etymology

Origin of presentee

From Anglo-French, dating back to 1490–1500; see origin at present ², -ee

Example Sentences

When a presentee dropped a coin in confusion, the sweltering King cracked, "Finders keepers!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Another pause, the presentee hardly considering himself justified in replying to this observation.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various

The Auchterarder presbytery, for their part in the affair, were prosecuted in the Court of Session by the injured parties—Lord Kinnoul, the patron, and Mr Young, the presentee.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

The father presentee, Fray Manuel Trigueros, son of the convent of the Preachers, of Zaragoça.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

We borrow the last word from the hill folk, the presentee landlords; the producers, or, to put it quite bluntly, the workers.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove