assassinee

From assassin(ate) +‎ -ee (suffix forming nouns meaning people or things to whom or to which actions are done).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈsæsɪniː/, /əˌsæsɪˈniː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsæsəni/, /əˌsæsəˈni/
• Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -iː
• Hyphenation: as‧sas‧sin‧ee

assassinee (plural assassinees)

1. (nonstandard, often humorous) One who is assassinated.
   • 1941, The Spectator - Volumes 166-167, page 228:

     The general rule, I suppose, is that if the assassinee is deep enough sunk in turpitude the assassin may secure an honourable place in history.

   • 1962, Abbott Joseph Liebling, The Jollity Building - Volume 278, page 157:

     On entering the city room, I was met by the managing editor, who asked me if I knew that the assassinee's brother-in-law owned the money behind the paper.

   • 2007, Robert George Cooper, Thailand Beyond the Fringe, →ISBN, page 25:

     On the even brighter side, if the rubbed-out would-be reader were a person of some note, the assassination might merit some free widespread publicity resulting in a rush to buy and read what was so thoughtfully tucked under the armpit of the assassinee at the moment the fatal bullet struck home.

   • 2010, Graham Greene, Our Man In Havana, →ISBN, page 120:

     'Who was it?' 'They haven't caught him yet.' 'I mean the — the assassinee.'

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