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Definition of Standee
1. Noun. Someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train). "The allowed number of standees is posted"
2. Noun. A lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity). "He had his picture taken with a standee of the president"
Definition of Standee
1. Noun. Somebody who is forced to stand, for example on a crowded bus. ¹
2. Noun. A life-size shape, for instance of a celebrity, cut out of cardboard, often used for advertising and promotional purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Standee
1. one who stands because of the lack of seats [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standee
Literary usage of Standee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ioannis Wiclif De Compositione Hominis by John Wycliffe (1884)
"Sec., JW standee,WICK, Esq., GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON, EG Cheques to be crost, '
London and County Bank.' Fourth Report of the Executive Committee, for. ..."
2. Meyers Hand-Lexikon Des Allgemeinen Wissens: Mit Technologischen und (1883)
"svw Fuchsschwanz. abgesehen топ den Gebühren für die Ein eicht und für Auszüge
aus dem standee- register. ..."
3. The Giant Hand: Our Mobilization and Control of Industry and Natural by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The standee berths were joined in pairs, and a single section of them consisted
of two stanchions supporting three pairs of berths between them—six beds in ..."
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