Meanings
nounclaimee (plural claimees)
plural claimees
- A person from whom something is claimed.
The deceased belong to death now, not to us. And it may be that we feel that it is not simply other people watching us; we are being watched by death itself. Death has come to visit, and we are all in its presence when we share a room with one of its recent claimees.
2020 January 27, Iskra Fileva, “What Do We Owe the Dead?”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Latinclamāre
- Old Frenchclamer
- Middle Englishclaimen
- Englishclaim
- Englishclaimee
Cite this entry
APA
claimee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimee
MLA
“claimee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimee. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claimee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claimee.
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