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  • noun One who is jilted.

Etymologies

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jilt +‎ -ee

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Examples

  • There is a lot to be said for maintaining your dignity in the face of disaster whether you are the jilter or the jiltee.

    Something New Elise Mac Adam 2008

  • There is a lot to be said for maintaining your dignity in the face of disaster whether you are the jilter or the jiltee.

    Something New Elise Mac Adam 2008

  • There is a lot to be said for maintaining your dignity in the face of disaster whether you are the jilter or the jiltee.

    Something New Elise Mac Adam 2008

  • There is, you will be relieved to hear, a service (available online) that will write the letter, make the call, even meet the jiltee on your behalf.

    Archive 2004-02-01 2004

  • The play's title comes from a tirade by one of the husbands, a potential jiltee: The New York idea of marriage.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC GRODE 2011

  • Maybe Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft brought the ratings momentum with her, or maybe America is as obsessed with jailbird Lil 'Kim's ballroom dancing as I am.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • Maybe Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft brought the ratings momentum with her, or maybe America is as obsessed with jailbird Lil 'Kim's ballroom dancing as I am.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • Green Hornet jiltee Seth Rogen probably won't succeed

    Gawker: Defamer 2009

  • Maybe Bachelor jiltee Melissa Rycroft brought the ratings momentum with her, or maybe America is as obsessed with jailbird Lil 'Kim's ballroom dancing as I am.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • (because saying things like this, along with chopping off your hair and abruptly dropping 15 pounds, is the job of the jiltee -- though presumably Milonas was too occupied by her new baby to indulge in such cliches).

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

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