Meanings
plural possessees
- grammarVerb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
Synonyms: complement
- The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
The story gets wildly out of hand as renegade exorcist James Olsen kidnaps the possessee from jail and drags him to the house for a climactic display of head-splitting make-up effects and noisy ritual chanting.
2011, Kim Newman, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, page 225Synonyms: energumen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVerb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
nounThe subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
Origin
Translations
French possédé, complément
- possédéverb complement
- complémentverb complement
Hungarian birtokos, birtokló
- birtokosverb complement
- birtoklóverb complement
Turkish tamlanan
- tamlananverb complement
Cite this entry
possessee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possessee
“possessee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possessee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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