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standee

/stænˈdi/
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Other forms: standees

Definitions of standee
  1. noun
    someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train)
    “the allowed number of standees is posted”
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    type of:
    stander
    an organism (person or animal) that stands
  2. noun
    a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity)
    “he had his picture taken with a standee of the president”
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    type of:
    cutout
    a photograph from which the background has been cut away
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