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abductee

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Etymology

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    From abduct + -ee.

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    Noun

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    abductee (plural abductees)

    1. An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20th century.][1]

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    References

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    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductee”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.