examinee

[ ig-zam-uh-nee ]

noun

1. a person who is examined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of examinee¹

First recorded in 1780–90; examine + -ee

Example Sentences

Well, perhaps he was the highest type of competitive examinee, who can learn everything and forget everything.

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Between the ages of seventeen and twenty-seven or thirty the examinee will have had to undergo sixteen examinations.

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Doubtless Steven was slightly embarrassed by the detachment of the examinee, and blundered.

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As soon as mere denial is ineffectual in face of certain proven facts, the examinee is entirely at the judge's mercy.

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He was neither a son, nor a friend, nor a lover; he ceased to have human ties; he had become an examinee.

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Related Words

• experimental subject
• subject
• test subject