invitee

noun

Synonyms of inviteenext
: an invited person

Examples of invitee in a Sentence

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Wedding guest Jonathan Thomas, the CEO of American Century Investments, revealed in July that invitees completed multi-factor authentication and signed nondisclosure agreements before receiving individualized, watermarked digital invitations. Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Even as a spring training invitee the last two years, his maturity impressed his future manager and teammates. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 After the rehearsal dinner, the couple was among the approximately 1,000 invitees who attended Swift and Kelce’s blowout wedding celebration the day before the Fourth of July. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 No phones or photography were allowed at the wedding, and invitees were asked to sign NDAs in order to attend. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for invitee

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of invitee was in 1837

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“Invitee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invitee. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

Legal Definition

: an invited person
specifically : a person (as a customer) who is present in a place by the express or implied invitation of the occupier in control of the place under circumstances that impose a duty on the occupier to use reasonable care to protect the safety of the invited person compare licensee, trespasser

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