"depictee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: depictees [plural]
Etymology: From depict + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|depict|ee}} depict + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} depictee (plural depictees)
  1. One who, or that which, is depicted.
    Sense id: en-depictee-en-noun-6J5ValWG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1988, West’s South Eastern Reporter, page 147, column 1",
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          "ref": "2003, Bob Garfield, And Now a Few Words from Me: Advertising’s Leading Critic Lays Down the Law, Once and For All, McGraw-Hill, published 2004, page 84",
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