Word: contestee
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
te
stee
Definition: The party against whom a legal challenge is brought.
Morphemes:
Affix: contest
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
Affix: testis
Language: la
Decoded: testis
Meaning: a witness
Affix: -o
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: denominative
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.