escapee

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US/ˌɛsˌkeɪˈpi/US/əˈskeɪˌpi/

noun

Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.

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escaper
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Meanings

nounescapee (plural escapees)

plural escapees · alternative escapée

  1. Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
  2. Someone who has escaped.

    Synonyms: escaper

  3. biologyA plant that has escaped from cultivation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who has escaped.

Similar
escaper
Also see
escaper

Origin

From escape + -ee.

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Translations

Bulgarian беглец
  • беглец (beglec)someone free through escaping imprisonment
Chinese Mandarin 逃犯
  • 逃犯 (táofàn)someone free through escaping imprisonment
Czech uprchlík
  • uprchlíksomeone free through escaping imprisonment
Finnish karkuri
  • karkurisomeone free through escaping imprisonment
German Flüchtling
  • Flüchtlingsomeone free through escaping imprisonment
Icelandic flóttamaður
  • flóttamaðursomeone free through escaping imprisonment
Māori taurewa, rerenga
  • taurewasomeone free through escaping imprisonment
  • rerengasomeone free through escaping imprisonment
Russian бегле́ц
  • бегле́ц (begléc)someone free through escaping imprisonment
Swedish rymling
  • rymlingsomeone free through escaping imprisonment

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with escapee

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Cite this entry
APA

escapee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapee

MLA

“escapee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escapee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapee.

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