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a•ban•don•ee
(ə ban′də nē′),USA pronunciation n.
- Lawmaking, Businessthe party to whom a right or property is abandoned by another, esp. an insurer to whom a property has been relinquished.
- a person who has been abandoned.
- abandon1 + -ee 1840–50