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Definition of Importee
1. Noun. An imported person brought from a foreign country. "They are descendants of indentured importees"
Generic synonyms: Alien, Foreigner, Noncitizen, Outlander
Derivative terms: Import, Import
Lexicographical Neighbors of Importee
Literary usage of Importee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"NYF W, CHRISTERN, FOREIGN BOOKSELLER AND importee 77 University Place, New York.
Large assortments of the publications of Charpentier, Didier, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Painter Pesne, a French Immigrant, or importee, of the last reign, a man of great
skill with his brush, whom History yet thanks on several occasions, ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"Painter Pesne, a French Immigrant, or importee, of the last reign, a man of great
skill with his brush, whom History yet thanks on several occasions, ..."
4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"Painter Pesne, a French Immigrant, or importee, of the last reign, a man of great
skill with his brush, whom History yet thanks on several occasions, ..."