shipwreckee

English

Etymology

shipwreck +‎ -ee

Noun

shipwreckee (plural shipwreckees)

1. One who is shipwrecked.
   • 1955, Gregorio Marañón, Charles David Ley, Antonio Pérez, "Spanish Traitor":

     Evidently his real charge was not to help Perez in his linguistic difficulties but to spy on him. But the malign shipwreckee was at the same time a spy...

   • 2001, David Spedding, Shipwrecked International:

     There is a chapter devoted to each shipwreckee, including their own photographs, drawings, cartoons, extracts from journals and other writings.

Synonyms

• castaway
• maroon