Definitions

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  • noun One who receives counselling

Etymologies

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counsel +‎ -ee

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Examples

  • But right now I think I probably am not in the right place to become a counsellor since I am a counsellee myself!!

    sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002

  • Jacobi is a deadpan therapist for an angry couple, played by Whitaker and Williams, who fail to understand the conventions of the counsellor-counsellee relationship; there is a masked killer pursuing a screaming girl; a married couple of children's entertainers in clown makeup suffer a full-scale nervous breakdown leaving a party; a bizarre quartet of sado-masochism enthusiasts advertise themselves on the kind of German TV ad you might see in a hotel room.

    The Guardian World News Peter Bradshaw 2011

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