identifyee

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noun

A person or thing that is being identified.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounidentifyee (plural identifyees)

plural identifyees

  1. A person or thing that is being identified.

    In this form of examination the member merely places the number of the "identifyee" in front of the name on his paper.

    1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance
    1 more example

    Are we to listen seriously to the identificatory evidence of people who do not notice the most strikingly obvious quality of the identifyee?

    1989, Frank Kuppner, A Very Quiet Street, page 72

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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