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

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Example Sentences

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presentee

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

His Royal Highness was not one of those accomplished princes whose pride it is to know the name, the family, the pursuits, and predilections of each new presentee.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever

Hough and his ejected brethren assembled and presented a clerk; and the Bishop of Gloucester, in whose diocese the living lay, instituted their presentee without hesitation.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Patrons are described as the ‘trustees of the supreme magistrate, beautifully and devoutly appointed to submit the presentee to the presbytery.’

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson

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