interviewee

interviewee

See also: interviewée

English

Etymology

    From interview + -ee.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tə.vjuːˈiː/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː

    Noun

    interviewee (plural interviewees)

    1. Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
      • 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:
        Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint.
      • 2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic[1]:
        [] a willing American interviewee describes how he wants his girlfriend to "reach for my [bleep][sic] faster while giving me road head."

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