identifyee

English

Etymology

identify +‎ -ee

Noun

identifyee (plural identifyees)

  1. a person or thing that is being identified
    • 1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance‎:
      In this form of examination the member merely places the number of the "identifyee" in front of the name on his paper.
    • 1989, Frank Kuppner, A Very Quiet Street, page 72:
      Are we to listen seriously to the identificatory evidence of people who do not notice the most strikingly obvious quality of the identifyee?
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