Shortlistee
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person or thing that is on a shortlist.
"Revealingly, two of the contenders announced this week for the Art Fund museum of the year prize - the Sackler Centre at the V&A in London and the National Trust Museum of Childhood in Derbyshire - are heavily interactive, while a third shortlistee, the Museum of Reading, boxed up its exhibits and allowed them to be displayed in workplaces and public buildings."
Example
More examples"Revealingly, two of the contenders announced this week for the Art Fund museum of the year prize - the Sackler Centre at the V&A in London and the National Trust Museum of Childhood in Derbyshire - are heavily interactive, while a third shortlistee, the Museum of Reading, boxed up its exhibits and allowed them to be displayed in workplaces and public buildings."
Etymology
From shortlist + -ee.
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