abductee

English

Etymology

From abduct +‎ -ee.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.dʌkˈtiː/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.dʌkˈti/, /ˌæb.dəkˈti/
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Noun

abductee (plural abductees)

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

Translations

abducted person

Dutch: ontvoerde persoon m
German: Entführungsopfer (de) n
Portuguese: abduzido (pt) m
Swahili: nyara (sw)

References

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.

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