A person who receives property or rights that have been transferred to them by another; the recipient in a legal transfer.
From alienate + -ee (a suffix forming nouns for recipients or those affected by an action). Modeled on similar legal terms like employee, lessee, and vendee.
Alienee is a technical legal term rarely used outside law offices, yet it reveals how English creates vocabulary—the -ee ending specifically means 'the one receiving the action,' mirroring French patterns.
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