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nounreturnee (plural returnees)
plural returnees
- Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
They recognise too, from the gait, from her posture, that whatever this returnee’s specific reasons for crossing whatever borders she did, they were painful, heavier still than all of her luggage.
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 139Synonyms: returner
- A person who sends something back.
Synonyms: returner
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nounSomeone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
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nounA person who sends something back.
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APA
returnee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnee
MLA
“returnee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “returnee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnee.
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