Awardee

//əwɔɹˈdi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The recipient of an award or special honor.

    "The other awardee that evening was Tom Frei, being honored for his advancement of the cure for leukemia."

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honoreehonoree

Example

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"The other awardee that evening was Tom Frei, being honored for his advancement of the cure for leukemia."

Etymology

From award + -ee.

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