a person who stands, esp when there are no vacant seats
standee in American English
(stænˈdi)
US
noun
a person who stands, usually because there are no vacant seats, as on a bus
standee in American English
(stænˈdi)
noun
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat
Word origin
[1820–30, Amer.; stand + -ee]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, karma, myth, phonetic, takeoff-ee is a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is theobject or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb (addressee; employee; grantee); more recent formations also mark the performer of an act, with the base being anintransitive verb (escapee; returnee; standee) or, less frequently, a transitive verb (attendee) or another part of speech (absentee; refugee)
Examples of 'standee' in a sentence
standee
They give 'standee' as an example, which has a precise meaning in the world of public transport.