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IMPORTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does importee mean?
• IMPORTEE (noun)
The noun IMPORTEE has 1 sense:
1. an imported person brought from a foreign country
Familiarity information: IMPORTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An imported person brought from a foreign country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
import; importee
Context example:
they are descendants of indentured importees
Hypernyms ("importee" is a kind of...):
alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)
Derivation:
import (bring in from abroad)
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