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Webster 1913 Edition


Conferee

Conˊfer-ee′

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Referee
.]
1.
One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference;
as, the
conferees
on the part of the Senate
.
2.
One upon whom something is conferred.

Definition 2024


conferee

conferee

See also: conférée

English

Noun

conferee (plural conferees)

  1. A person who participates in a conference.
    • 1921, Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association
      His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.
  2. A person on whom something is conferred or bestowed.