calleen.
/kɔːˈliː/, U.S. /kɔˈli/, /kɑˈli/ A person who is called or called upon. Usually contrasted with caller.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] > person visited
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > person called on
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > person called
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1843 Christian Remembrancer Dec. 598 The governor may grant a salary to a ‘minister of religion’, not more than 100l. if the callers will guarantee the callee half that sum in addition.
1872 S. Butler Erewhon xxi. 197 The callee would have been deaf to the caller.
1883 Cambr. Staircase v. 73 Our callee suggested that there were more comfortable seats.
1915 Automobile Trade Jrnl. 1 May 106 a/2 The three salesmen usually were seated out of sight at those pretty little desks that so often..are located on the other side of a railing, which serves as a partial barrier between callers and callees.
1959 M. Chamberlin Dear Friends & Darling Romans (1960) iv. 29 It is the common practice of the caller to demand the number of the callee immediately.
2008 Managem. Sci. 54 2027/2 For two-way video-messaging calls, the database records the caller and callee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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