shelteree

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shelter +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

shelteree (plural shelterees)

  1. A person who is taken into a shelter.
    • 1998, Henry W. Fischer, Response to Disaster: Fact Versus Fiction & Its Perpetuation:
      In conjunction with the exaggerated estimates of evacuees, the numbers of shelterees were usually exaggerated.