tellee

English

Etymology

From tell +‎ -ee.

Noun

tellee (plural tellees)

1. One who is told something.
   • 1998, Alison Ross, The language of humour, page 60:

     This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour.

Anagrams

• leetle