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interviewee

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in⋅ter⋅view⋅ee

  [in-ter-vyoo-ee, in-ter-vyoo-ee]
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–noun
a person who is interviewed.
Origin:
1880–85; interview + -ee
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in·ter·view   (ĭn'tər-vyōō')   
n.  

  1. A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant.

    1. A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.

    2. An account or a reproduction of such a conversation.

  3. Informal An interviewee: "I had been warned that [he] was a tough interview—that he doled out flip answers ... to questions he was tired of being asked" (David Roberts).

v.   in·ter·viewed, in·ter·view·ing, in·ter·views

v.   tr.
To obtain an interview from.
v.   intr.
To have an interview: interviewed with a publishing company.

[French entrevue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of entrevoir, to see : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + voir, to see (from Latin vidēre; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]
in'ter·view'a·ble adj., in'ter·view·ee' n., in'ter·view'er n.
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