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/bɪlɪˈtiː/ A person who is billeted.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger > person billeted
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1939 Times 12 Oct. 9/4 Mrs. M[iniver]..will cope in a wonderful manner with refractory billetees.
1946 A. Phelps I couldn't care Less xv. 120 I sought out the billet that had been arranged for me. I am not a good billettee.
1958 D. Wallace Forty Years On xv. 185 A lot of our dear billettees weren't even house-trained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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