awardee

English

Etymology

award +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əwɔɹˈdi/

Noun

awardee (plural awardees)

1. The recipient of an award or special honor.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 375:

     The other awardee that evening was Tom Frei, being honored for his advancement of the cure for leukemia.

Synonyms

• honoree

Translations

Translations

• Russian: призёр (ru) m (prizjór)
• Swedish: pristagare (sv) c