See -ee on Wiktionary
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"text": "examine + -ee → examinee",
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"text": "stand + -ee → standee",
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"(less common) Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action)."
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"text": "mortgage + -ee → mortgagee",
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"prefix"
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