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escapee

[ih-skey-pee, es-key-]
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noun
  1. a person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.
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Origin of escapee

First recorded in 1860–65; escape + -ee
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  • Jink, here, has a theory that it's some escapee from the paper-doll factory, with a machete.

    Police Operation

    H. Beam Piper

  • When the goat squeezed under the dog leaped over and continued to herd the escapee toward the pen.

    Rescue Dog of the High Pass

    James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for escapee

escapee

noun
  1. a person who has escaped, esp an escaped prisoner
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Word Origin and History for escapee

n.

1865, American English, from escape (v.) + -ee.

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