ee : Idioms & Phrases

-ee

Etymology

Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.

Definitions

1. A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

Webster 1913