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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.

vendee

¹ American  

[ven-dee] / vɛnˈdi /

noun

Chiefly Law.

1. the person to whom a thing is sold.

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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.

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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)

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vendee ² British  

/ vɛnˈdiː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of vendee

First recorded in 1540–50; vend + -ee

Example Sentences

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

An innocent purchaser of goods, therefore, for a good consideration obtains a good title, even from a vendee who has obtained them by fraud, as against the original vendor.

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

Purchase -- N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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

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

Related Words

• client
• consumer
• customer
• patron
• purchaser
• shopper
• user