quotee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quote +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

quotee (plural quotees)

  1. Somebody whose words are being quoted.
    • 2007 July 15, Patricia T. O’Conner, “Like”, in New York Times[1]:
      Or it can summarize the inner thoughts of either the quoter or the quotee (“She’s like, yeah, as if I’d be caught dead in them!