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salvagee

noun

Etymology

From salvage + -ee.

  1. derived from silvāticus — “wild”
  2. derived from *salvāticus✻
  3. derived from salvatge
  4. borrowed from salvaje
  5. suffixed as salvagee — “salvage + ee”

Definitions

  1. One who is salvaged.

    • H. G. Wells, The World Set Free We are no creators, we are consequences, we are salvagers — or salvagees.

  2. A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).

    • Take a piece of good rope, splice a thimble in one end, and fit the other like a salvagee.
    • My mind misgives me, sir, that we Were wrong about that salvagee— I should restore it.

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