In law or heraldry, a figure or entity that is positioned back-to-back with another; the recipient or subject of an adossing arrangement.
From French 'adossé' (positioned back-to-back) + English agent noun suffix -ee, indicating the subject receiving the action.
This is an extremely rare legal and heraldic term that shows how English borrowed French terminology wholesale during the medieval period when Norman French was the language of power and law.
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