servee

English

Etymology

serve + -ee

Noun

servee (plural servees)

  1. One who is served, or served to; the recipient of a service.
    • 1891, Chambers's Encyclopaedia: Volume 8
      The servee must return the service above the play line.
    • 1895, Everyday Housekeeping: Volume 3, Issues 1-5
      Meantime the server of the bouillon and the servee are developing their latent notions, if they be latent, of grace and ease and savoir faire, which go so far to distinguish the American or any other lady from the Hottentot.

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