possessee
noun/pɒˈzɛsiː/
Etymology From possess + -ee.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
2
The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
- The story gets wildly out of hand as renegade exorcist James Olsen kidnaps the possessee from jail and drags him to the house for a climactic display of head-splitting make-up effects and noisy ritual chanting.2011, Kim Newman, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, page 225:
- Synonyms
- complement, energumen