Returnee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˌtɜːˈniː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Returnee is a noun meaning Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
Meaning
Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
More Meanings
- A person who sends something back.
Example Sentences
They recognise too, from the gait, from her posture, that whatever this returnee’s specific reasons for crossing whatever borders she did, they were painful, heavier still than all of her luggage.
Word Forms
- returnees
Synonyms for returnee
Depending on context, synonyms include returner.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repatriate, repatriation, return, returning, back, dividend.
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