examinee

[ ig-zam-uh-nee ]
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noun
  1. a person who is examined.

Origin of examinee

1
First recorded in 1780–90; examine + -ee

Words Nearby examinee

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How to use examinee in a sentence

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

    Somehow Good | William de Morgan
  • Between the ages of seventeen and twenty-seven or thirty the examinee will have had to undergo sixteen examinations.

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

    The Wonder | J. D. Beresford
  • As soon as mere denial is ineffectual in face of certain proven facts, the examinee is entirely at the judge's mercy.

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

    The Roll-Call | Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for examinee

examinee

/ (ɪɡˌzæmɪˈniː) /


noun
  1. a person who takes an examination

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