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standee

[ stan-dee ]

noun

  1. a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.


standee

/ stænˈdiː /

noun

  1. a person who stands, esp when there are no vacant seats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of standee1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; stand + -ee
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Example Sentences

With the chairs in the orchestra pit, our auditorium seats over six hundred, and there are people packed into the aisles, and rows of standees at the back.

In Britain, Celtic of Glasgow began allowing a few thousand standees in the 2016-17 season.

Same if you want an Omen T-shirt, a Chucky standee or an autograph from the director of Human Centipede II.

The tapes also captured prolonged tensions between standees up front and people seated behind them who couldn’t see: “Sit down!”

A winter ski jacket and a “Love Me Tender” theater lobby standee also were sold.

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