parolee

[puh-roh-lee, -roh-lee]

pa·rol·ee

[puh-roh-lee, -roh-lee]
noun
a person who is released from prison on parole.

Origin:
1915–20; parole + -ee
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Parolee is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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parole (pəˈrəʊl)
 
n
1.  a.  the freeing of a prisoner before his sentence has expired, on the condition that he is of good behaviour
 b.  the duration of such conditional release
2.  a promise given by a prisoner, as to be of good behaviour if granted liberty or partial liberty
3.  a variant spelling of parol
4.  (US) military a password
5.  linguistics langue performance Compare competence language as manifested in the individual speech acts of particular speakers
6.  on parole
 a.  conditionally released from detention
 b.  informal (of a person) under scrutiny, esp for a recurrence of an earlier shortcoming
 
vb
7.  to place (a person) on parole
 
[C17: from Old French, from the phrase parole d'honneur word of honour; parole from Late Latin parabola speech]
 
pa'rolable
 
adj
 
parolee
 
n

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