Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who returns, as from a journey or to school after a long absence.
- noun A person returning from military duty overseas.
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- noun Someone who comes back or
returns , especially to one's owncountry orregion .
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Examples
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A prominent returnee is the reclusive Pallonji Mistry, the largest shareholder of Tata Sons, the holding outfit of the Tata conglomerate.
India's Richest Naazneen Karmali 2010
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A prominent returnee is the reclusive Pallonji Mistry, the largest shareholder of Tata Sons, the holding outfit of the Tata conglomerate.
India's Richest Naazneen Karmali 2010
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KEY RETURNEES: The most intriguing returnee is G/F Kent Bazemore, a 6-5 defensive specialist who has the ability to score to set up other players to score.
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The top returnee is junior guard Solomon Bozeman (14.3 ppg).
Sun Belt Conference 2010
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A prominent returnee is the reclusive Pallonji Mistry, the largest shareholder of Tata Sons, the holding outfit of the Tata conglomerate.
India's Richest Naazneen Karmali 2010
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KEY RETURNEES: The most intriguing returnee is G/F Kent Bazemore, a 6-5 defensive specialist who has the ability to score to set up other players to score.
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The top returnee is junior guard Solomon Bozeman (14.3 ppg).
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A prominent returnee is the reclusive Pallonji Mistry, the largest shareholder of Tata Sons, the holding outfit of the Tata conglomerate.
India's Richest Naazneen Karmali 2010
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In one of the episodes of The 4400, one of the incidental characters, a returnee is not merely a wheeler, but one with real 'chairing gloves and a nice looking rigid.
Suddenly ... There Dave Hingsburger 2007
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We got to follow the stories of four returnees (really three separate plotlines since Richard and Lilly hook up) and one kind of returnee of the week type of plot.
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