identifyee

English

Etymology

From identify +‎ -ee.

Noun

identifyee (plural identifyees)

1. A person or thing that is being identified.
   • 1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance‎:

     In this form of examination the member merely places the number of the "identifyee" in front of the name on his paper.

   • 1989, Frank Kuppner, A Very Quiet Street, page 72:

     Are we to listen seriously to the identificatory evidence of people who do not notice the most strikingly obvious quality of the identifyee?