definee

English

Etymology

From define +‎ -ee.

Noun

definee (plural definees)

1. (logic) One that is being defined.
   • 1976, Monroe C. Beardsley, Writing With Reason: Logic for Composition - Page 37‎^[1]:

     […] by presenting us with another term (the definer) that has the same meaning as the definee. Moreover, a definition does not merely give us a single word that is a synonym of the definee:
     "Liberty" means the same as "freedom."