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View synonyms for internee

internee

[ in-tur-nee ]

noun

  1. a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.


internee

/ ˌɪntɜːˈniː /

noun

  1. a person who is interned, esp an enemy citizen in wartime or a terrorism suspect
“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 internee1

First recorded in 1915–20; intern 2 + -ee
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Example Sentences

But one of the internees decided to start a Girl Guide group, which would meet once a week in a corner of the exercise yard.

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He was transferred from an Immigration and Naturalization Service facility in Montana to the center for enemy alien internees in Louisiana.

Detained as they had been, the internees, Goodman found, had scarcely been enjoying the benefits of a “free society.”

"There is an onus on the British government to identify and inform other internees whose internment may also have been unlawful," he said.

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The converted liner was being used to transport internees - and some German prisoners of war - to Canada when it was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat off the Irish coast.

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