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abandonee

[ uh-ban-duh-nee ]

noun

  1. the party to whom a right or property is abandoned abandoned by another, especially an insurer to whom a property has been relinquished.
  2. a person who has been abandoned.

abandonee

/ əˌæԻəˈԾː /

noun

  1. law a person to whom something is formally relinquished, esp an insurer having the right to salvage a wreck
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abandonee1

First recorded in 1840–50; abandon + -ee
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Example Sentences

Une locomotive abandonée devant Thiepval.

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L'opinion de Lamarck est aujourd'hui abandonee par tous les naturalistes qui ont etudie sagement les modifications possibles des etres organises...

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