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expiree

noun

Etymology

From expire + -ee.

  1. derived from expīrō,exspīrō
  2. derived from expirer
  3. inherited from expire
  4. suffixed as expiree — “expire + ee”

Definitions

  1. In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict whose sentence had been served.

    • [W]hen the year after, John Carr blossomed into an "expiree", master of a fine wife and a fine fortune, there were many about him who would have made his existence in Australia pleasant enough.
    • According to the census of 1870 the number of men still under the charge of the authorities is about four thousand, including those still in confinement; expirees being classed as free men.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA