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  • vendee
    vendee
    noun
    the person to whom a thing is sold.
  • Vendée
    Vendée
    noun
    a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.
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vendee

1 American  
[ven-dee] / vɛnˈdi /

noun

Chiefly Law.
  1. the person to whom a thing is sold.


Vendée 2 American  
[vahn-dey] / vɑ̃ˈdeɪ /

noun

  1. a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). La Roche-sur-Yon.


Vendée 1 British  
/ vɑ̃de /

noun

  1. a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793–95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

"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

vendee 2 British  
/ vɛnˈdiː /

noun

  1. law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer

"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 vendee

First recorded in 1540–50; vend + -ee

Example Sentences

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Neither venders nor vendee grieved at the result.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

As a rule, they were paid only by the vendee, and to the market clerk, whose record of the payment was an attestation to the genuineness of the purchase.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Again, a vendee who has paid any part of the purchase money before the delivery of the deed to him has a lien for the amount advanced.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

The Roman Mancipation required the presence first of all of the parties, the vendor and vendee, or we should perhaps rather say, if we are to use modern legal language, the grantor and grantee.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

His position is thus that of a surety who is liable to his principal should the vendee make default.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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