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conferee

8.2

A person who receives an honor, degree, or award

noun
/ˌkɒnfəˈriː/

Formal

: conferido

At the conference, the keynote speaker acknowledged each conferee for their hard work and dedication.

Examples

(Facing a Clinton veto threat, it was later deleted by Senate House conferees.)

Academic text (1998)
After much deliberation, the committee presented the award to the conferee for his outstanding contributions.
The university hosted a ceremony to honor its graduates, where each conferee received a diploma.

Synonyms

guest of honor

vsconferee

Formal

34 3.5

A person invited and shown special respect at a party or ceremony

is the recipient of a formal conferment rather than the event focus

honoree

vsconferee

Formal

13 5.6

A person who gets an award for good work or service

is the person on whom the honor is formally conferred

grantee

vsconferee

Specialized

4 6.2

A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property

is specifically the person given an honor rather than a funding recipient

awardee

vsconferee

2 4.0

A person or group that receives an award

is limited to formal conferral of honors not all kinds of awards

honorand

vsconferee

Specialized

8.9

A person who is about to receive an honor or degree

is the person on whom the honor is conferred rather than awaiting it

How Honored

laureate

Formal

8.2

conferee

Formal

8.2

recipient

300 3.7

nominee

670 3.6

Surface Forms

conferee singular

conferees plural

Morphology

conferee = confer (transparent) = confer + ee

Formed by the verb 'confer' (sense 'to bestow') + the recipient-forming suffix '-ee'; the meaning 'recipient of a conferment' follows standard English morphology.

Etymology

Conferee also comes from the same Latin root as confer, which can mean 'to give' or 'to grant', as when a university confers a degree. So a conferee can be the person who receives an honor, degree, or award.