libelee

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From libel +‎ -ee.

Noun

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libelee (plural libelees)

  1. The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.

References

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967