Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who has been transported; a convict.

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Examples

  • The conviction was entirely appropriate, as he was an admitted serial offender against the Mann Act. The race of the "transportee" was not relevant to the legal issues.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • But mebbe it getz mestup wen teh masheen goez bak in tiem… unless teh masheen itself awlwaiz stays in the prezzint & jus moovs teh transportee.

    I no can haz peetsa, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • "Cette armee russe que l'or de l'Angleterre a transportee des extremites de l'univers, nous allons lui faire eprouver le meme sort -- (le sort de l'armee d'Ulm)."

    War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Potential tenderers were told the key function of the boat would be the "relocation of transportees", and it must have "crewing to enable 24-hour operation, boarding and transportee supervision".

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  • Potential tenderers were told the key function of the boat would be the "relocation of transportees", and it must have "crewing to enable 24-hour operation, boarding and transportee supervision".

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Deeba and Zanna gather allies as they travel to meet with the Propheseers: Obaday Fing, a clothier whose head is a pincushion and who makes haute couture clothing from books; Hemi, the son of the union between a ghost and a mortal; Skool, a walking diving suit; Jones, another transportee from our Earth who makes his living as a bus conductor; and Curdle, the charming empty milk carton that wins his way into Deeba's heart.

    Un Lun Dun Fred Perry 2007

  • Deeba and Zanna gather allies as they travel to meet with the Propheseers: Obaday Fing, a clothier whose head is a pincushion and who makes haute couture clothing from books; Hemi, the son of the union between a ghost and a mortal; Skool, a walking diving suit; Jones, another transportee from our Earth who makes his living as a bus conductor; and Curdle, the charming empty milk carton that wins his way into Deeba's heart.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Fred Perry 2007

  • “Cette armee russe que l’or de l’Angleterre a transportee des extremites de l’univers, nous allons lui faire eprouver le meme sort — (le sort de l’armee d’Ulm).”

    War and Peace 2003

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