Meanings
plural conferees
- A person who participates in a conference.
A press conference was held at 1:30 with many representatives of the press from around the state eating lunch with the conferees.
1974 April 27, “Maine Symposium”, in Gay Community News, page 21 more example
His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.
1921, Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic AssociationSynonyms: conference delegate, conference member, conference participant
- A person on whom something is conferred or bestowed.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who participates in a conference.
Origin
Translations
French participant à une conférence
- participant à une conférencea person who participates in a conference
German Konferenzteilnehmer
- Konferenzteilnehmera person who participates in a conference
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