auditioneen.
/ɔːˌdɪʃ(ə)ˈniː/, U.S. /ɔˌdɪʃ(ə)ˈni/, /ɑˌdɪʃ(ə)ˈni/ A person who undergoes an audition.
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1945 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. x. 5/3 When the auditionee enters the studio, the director..will do his best to put the radio fledgling at ease.
1957 L. Engel Planning & producing Musical Show xi. 124 The greatest vocal accomplishment is valueless if I am looking for young college-girl types and an auditionee looks 40 and weighs 175 pounds.
1992 A. Eales in R. Stowell & J. Cross Cambr. Compan. to Violin vi. 120 It is quite rare for auditionees to play both prepared pieces to the end.
2004 Red Oct. 95/3 It's her song..that kids want to sing on the likes of Pop Idol, and yes, she has seen that montage they showed of the thousands of auditionees murdering it, one after another.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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