huntee

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noun

One who is hunted.

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Meanings

nounhuntee (plural huntees)

plural huntees

  1. One who is hunted.

    The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.

    1924, Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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    If I had learned anything that summer, other than Boy Scout stuff, it was that I needed to be the sexual hunter rather than the huntee.

    2004, R. G. Andersen-Wyckoff, Musings: About Growing Up, an Anecdotal Autobiography, page 287

Origin

From hunt + -ee.

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APA

huntee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntee

MLA

“huntee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huntee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntee.

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