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internee

[ in-tur-nee ]

noun

  1. a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.


internee

/ ˌɪ²Ô³ÙÉœËˈ²Ô¾±Ë /

noun

  1. a person who is interned, esp an enemy citizen in wartime or a terrorism suspect
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of internee1

First recorded in 1915–20; intern 2 + -ee
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Speaking after Sir Keir's comments at PMQs, his official spokesman said he could not guarantee that compensation payments to Mr Adams or other former Troubles internees would be prevented.

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But one of the internees decided to start a Girl Guide group, which would meet once a week in a corner of the exercise yard.

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He was transferred from an Immigration and Naturalization Service facility in Montana to the center for enemy alien internees in Louisiana.

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Detained as they had been, the internees, Goodman found, had scarcely been enjoying the benefits of a “free society.â€

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"There is an onus on the British government to identify and inform other internees whose internment may also have been unlawful," he said.

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