cohabitee
(kəʊhæbɪˈtiː)
[f. cohabit v. + -ee1.]
One who cohabits with another outside marriage.
| 1955 ‘C. H. Rolph’ Women of Streets 148 Record: Receiving goods stolen by cohabitee, 21, dismissed. 1973 New Scientist 4 Oct. 51 The burden of their message is that a full and meaningful and ever-deepening relationship between cohabitants can only be achieved if each cohabitee continually strives to discover more and more about the nature of him/herself and his/her mate. 1977 Guardian Weekly 4 Dec. 3 We had always intended..to give co-habitee couples the same rights as married couples. 1982 Times 7 Jan. 6/7 How do the partners introduce each other, and how do others refer to them?.. Only lawyers and social workers feel happy with ‘cohabitee’. |