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Definition of "awardee" []

  • The recipient of an award. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "awardee" in a sentence
  • "And with that in mind, the latest awardee is Martin Scorsese."
  • "These kinds of statements deprive the awardee of the satisfaction of knowing that it was purely because of respect for her accomplishments that she got the award."
  • "I also remember Bill Clinton and Congress throwing millions of soldiers and defense workers out on the streets in the 1990s – including Bronze Star awardee and Iraq combat veteran Timothy McVeigh."
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