possessee
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]possessee (plural possessees)
- (grammar) Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
- The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
- 2011, Kim Newman, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, page 225:
- The story gets wildly out of hand as renegade exorcist James Olsen kidnaps the possessee from jail and drags him to the house for a climactic display of head-splitting make-up effects and noisy ritual chanting.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Verb complement): complement
- (subject of a possession): energumen