reserveen.
/ˌrɛzəˈviː/, U.S. /ˌrɛzərˈvi/ Chiefly U.S.
A person to whom, or for whom, a reservation is made; spec. a North American Indian residing on a reservation (reservation n. 9).
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1819 Winyaw Intelligencer (Georgetown, S. Carolina) 6 Feb. 1/2 Where the reservations have not been laid off and worked by a surveyor of the United States, the same shall be done as soon after the ratification of this treaty as practicable, on the application of the reservees or their legally appointed agent.
1852 Synoptical Index Laws & Treaties U.S. 362 Reservees under the treaty with the Pottawatimies of 20th October, 1832, to hold their lands in fee simple.
1911 Federal Reporter (1912) 189 695 The grant was held effectual to pass the fee to the reservee.
1958 J. J. Lerski Polish Chapter in Jacksonian Amer. vi. 151 The War Department..took new steps against the Polish Claim on behalf of other Indian reservees.
1997 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. 13 Some people..thought plot reservations should stand for 20 years. After 20 years, they should be automatically forfeited, unless the reservees did something about it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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