Importee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that is imported, or brought in from outside.

    "The Kikuyu, including Chief Koinange himself, were importees. The tribe came from the neighbourhood of the Tana River in the distant past, the movement being along the course of that river to the district of Fort Hall."

  2. 2
    an imported person brought from a foreign country wordnet

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"The Kikuyu, including Chief Koinange himself, were importees. The tribe came from the neighbourhood of the Tana River in the distant past, the movement being along the course of that river to the district of Fort Hall."

Etymology

From import + -ee.

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