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examinee

American  
[ig-zam-uh-nee] / ɪgˌzæm əˈni /

noun

  1. a person who is examined.


examinee British  
/ ɪɡˌzæmɪˈniː /

noun

  1. a person who takes an examination

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of examinee

First recorded in 1780–90; examine + -ee

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Today, College Board licenses millions of student data profiles every year for 47 cents per examinee.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2021

A polygraph examination demonstrates “that the examinee believes her own story.”

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2018

The examinee had the privilege of three extra urinalyses within the year without extra charge.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a type of psychological test by word associations, in which an examiner calls a work and the examinee answers with the first word that comes into his head.

From Time Magazine Archive

He considered that he had perfectly succeeded in separating the lover and the examinee, and that nothing foreign to the examination could vitiate his activity therein.

From The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett

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