Word: garnishees
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gar
ni
shees
Definition: Plural of garnishee; take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
Morphemes:
Affix: garnish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: garnir
Language: fro
Decoded: garnir
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to arm (provide with arms)
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.