Meanings
plural beheadees
- One who is beheaded.
Some of the most notable beheadees are mentioned, including James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater.
2015, Matthew Green, London: A Travel Guide Through Time, Michael Joseph, →ISBN2 more examples
There’s a real beheading in this picture with John as the beheadee and Lionel Barrymore the beheader.
1927 April 15, “Colleen Moore, Clara Bow, John Gilbert Top Film Bills Here Next Week: Two Features at Broad Street; Grand, Capitol Have Good Programs”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume XCVII, number 90, Harrisburg, Pa., page 14Three beheadees are up in the block again in Iran to be beheaded, to be hung or beheaded, to be executed.
2000, The Status of Religious Liberty in Russia Today: Hearing Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 17Synonyms: decapitatee, decapitee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is beheaded.
Origin
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