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▪ I. presentee1|prɛzənˈtiː|
[a. AF. presentee a presentee = F. présenté, pa. pple. of présenter to present: see -ee.]
1. A person presented.
a. Eccl. A clergyman presented (for institution) to a benefice: see present v. 3.
[1351–2Rolls of Parlt. II. 244/1 Vos Presentees sont a yceux Benefices ensi receuz.] 1498–9Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 132, I have..shewed to him as your mastership presented in after the deith of the last Incumbent, which presentee was in by the space of iiii or v dayes at the least. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 229 King John presented a Clarke to the Churche and commaunded by his writ that his presentee should be admitted. 1639Earl of Cork Diary in Lismore Papers Ser. 1. (1886) V. 94 The vickaridge of colligan, fallen voide by the death of Thomas Vyning, my laste presentee. 1753Scots Mag. XV. 86/1 The people of the parish had no colour of an objection to the presentee. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. ii. (1857) 32 Donald's minister..died in middle life, and an unpopular presentee was obtruded on the people. 1884Sir C. E. Pollock in Law Times Rep. 19 Apr. 239/1 The bishop wrote to the plaintiff that..he was obliged to refuse to institute his presentee.
b. A person nominated or recommended for any office or position.
1896Westm. Gaz. 14 May 8/1 In one old case the court rejected a nominee as not being duly qualified,..which led to the passing of an Act, which provided that, even if the presentee is reported not to be qualified, the Crown may nevertheless insist on his admission. Nowadays..the Lord Probationer is invariably found qualified, and is at once transformed from an ‘apprentice’ into a regular Senator of the College of Justice.
c. A person presented at court: see present v. 1.
1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 276 In the palace, the presentees were crowded into a mob. 1897Daily News 12 May 9/3 The latest ‘presentees’ had not all returned from the Drawing Room.
2. A person to whom something is presented; the recipient of a present or gift.
1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 385 The frequency of testimonials does not lessen their effect to the presentee. 1874–7Sir H. Taylor Autobiog. (1885) II. xii. 167 Most presentees would rather dispense with the present than have to invent the necessary letters of eulogy and thanks.
▪ II. presentee2 joc.|prɛzənˈtiː|
[f. present a. (adv.) in imitation of absentee.]
One who is present. Hence presenˈteeism.
1892‘Mark Twain’ Amer. Claimant xxi. 211 There was an absentee who ought to be a presentee—a word which she meant to look out in the dictionary. 1931H. Withers Everybody's Business ix. 161 Certainly he is an absentee..—if he adopted the habit of dropping in at the works and making well-meant suggestions.., is it likely that his presenteeism would be helpful? 1943Nat. Liquor Rev. July 4/2 The Kaiser Company's public relation officials discovered that the term ‘absenteeism’ irked the people who read it... The Kaiser Company..changed its policy and praised those who were on the job by using the term ‘presenteeism’. |