Claimee

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from whom something is claimed.

    "The deceased belong to death now, not to us. And it may be that we feel that it is not simply other people watching us; we are being watched by death itself. Death has come to visit, and we are all in its presence when we share a room with one of its recent claimees."

Example

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"The deceased belong to death now, not to us. And it may be that we feel that it is not simply other people watching us; we are being watched by death itself. Death has come to visit, and we are all in its presence when we share a room with one of its recent claimees."

Etymology

From claim + -ee.

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