abductee

English

Etymology

From abduct +‎ -ee.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dʌkˈtiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.dʌkˈti/, /ˌæb.dəkˈti/
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Noun

abductee (plural abductees)

  1. An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20th century.][1]

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductee”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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