A person or work that is cited or quoted as a source or authority.
From the French 'cité' (city) or from cite + -ee (one who receives an action), modeled on words like 'employee' or 'lessee.' The -ee suffix indicates the recipient of a verb's action, so a citee is one who is cited.
The word 'citee' is mostly used in academic and legal circles, and it reveals something interesting about English: we often need a word for the person on the receiving end of an action (like how 'employee' is the person employed), which is why this -ee pattern is so productive in creating new words.
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