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retardee

noun

Etymology

From retard + -ee.

  1. derived from retardāre
  2. derived from retarder
  3. inherited from retarden
  4. suffixed as retardee — “retard + ee”

Definitions

  1. A person with an intellectual disability.

    • Mental retardation specialists were beginning to realize that trained paraprofessionals were needed to provide adequate care to mental retardees.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for retardee. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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