-ee

-ee

-ee¹ [ē]

[< Anglo-Fr & OFr -é, orig. masc. ending of pp. of verbs in -er < L -atus: see -ATE²] suffix forming nouns

1. the recipient of a (specified) action, grant, or benefit [appointee, selectee, mortgagee]

2. a person in a (specified) condition [absentee, employee]

3. a person or thing associated in some way with another [bargee, goatee]

4. a person that performs the (specified) action [standee]

-ee² [ē]

suffix

forming an old-fashioned nonstandard form of nouns of nationality ending in -ESE [Chinee, Portugee]