conferee

See also: conférée

English

Etymology

confer +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

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Noun

conferee (plural conferees)

1. A person who participates in a conference.
   • 1921, Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association:

     His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.

   • 1974 April 27, “Maine Symposium”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

     A press conference was held at 1:30 with many representatives of the press from around the state eating lunch with the conferees.

2. A person on whom something is conferred or bestowed.

Synonyms

• (a person who participates in a conference): conference delegate, conference member, conference participant

Translations

a person who participates in a conference

• French: participant à une conférence m
• German: Konferenzteilnehmer (de) m