showee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

show +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

showee (plural showees)

  1. The person or entity to whom something is shown.
    • 2006, Bruce Christianson, Bruno Crispo, James A. Malcolm, Security Protocols: 12th International Workshop, page 18:
      When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
    • 2013, Peter Siemund, Varieties of English: A Typological Approach, page 220:
      A situation of showing implies a 'shower' (the person showing) and the thing shown, as well as the person shown to (the 'showee').
    • 2018, Elisabeth Reber, Cornelia Gerhardt, Embodied Activities in Face-to-Face and Mediated Settings, page 153:
      Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).