jokee

English

Etymology

From joke +‎ -ee.

Noun

jokee (plural jokees)

1. The person who is the subject of a joke.
   • 1853, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 41, page 403:

     We doubt not that most of our readers have acted like ourselves, on former anniversaries of a similar kind, in the double capacities of jokers and jokees, and have been alternately the victims as well as the victimisers; […]

   • 2014, Becky Bartness, How to Die and Live to Tell About It:

     Plus, jokers don't, as a rule, shoot at the jokees.