shortlistee en · NOUN
Etymology
From shortlist + -ee.
Meanings
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A person or thing that is on a shortlist.
Revealingly, two of the contenders announced this week for the Art Fund museum of the year prize - the Sackler Centre at the V&A in London and the National Trust Museum of Childhood in Derbyshire - are heavily interactive, while a third shortlistee, the Museum of Reading, boxed up its exhibits and allowed them to be displayed in workplaces and public buildings.
2009 February 28, Mark Lawson, “The art of persuasion”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shortlistees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |