Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who receives an affront.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who receives an affront.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who receives an
affront .
Etymologies
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affront + -ee
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Examples
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In a ducal coronet, or, a Saracen's head affrontee, proper, wreathed about the temples, ar. and sable.
Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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