importee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

import +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

importee (plural importees)

  1. Someone or something that is imported, or brought in from outside.
    • 1933, Kenya Land Commission Evidence, volume 1, page 615:
      The Kikuyu, including Chief Koinange himself, were importees. The tribe came from the neighbourhood of the Tana River in the distant past, the movement being along the course of that river to the district of Fort Hall.
    • 2003, Rachid Guerraoui, ECOOP '99 - Object-Oriented Programming: 13th European Conference:
      However, it is unsafe in general for a module to be typechecked given only the public interfaces of its importees.