"lynchee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lynchees [plural]
Etymology: lynch + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lynch|ee}} lynch + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} lynchee (plural lynchees)
  1. The victim of a lynching.
    Sense id: en-lynchee-en-noun-n7wur9Wr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee

Inflected forms

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