"followee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfɒləʊˈiː/ Forms: followees [plural]
Etymology: From follow + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|follow|ee}} follow + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} followee (plural followees)
  1. (social media) One who is followed (has his/her posts monitored by another user). Categories (topical): Social media

Inflected forms

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          "name": "Social media",
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            "Mass media",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
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            "Communication",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: follower"
        },
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          "text": "Once one unfollows a followee, the follower will not get enough qualified tweets.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Bob Franklin, editor, The Future of Journalism: Developments and Debates, Routledge, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Twitter follower/followee structures are far from static: following another user only takes a few clicks.",
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        }
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        "One who is followed (has his/her posts monitored by another user)."
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        "(social media) One who is followed (has his/her posts monitored by another user)."
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    }
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        "One who is followed (has his/her posts monitored by another user)."
      ],
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