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rushee U.S. College slang.|rʌˈʃiː|
[f. rush v.2 + -ee1.]
One who is ‘rushed’ (see rush v.2 4 d); a candidate for membership of a fraternity or sorority.
1916Dialect Notes IV. 279 Rushee,..a girl being ‘rushed’ for a college fraternity. ‘The chapter has some good-looking rushees this year.’ Widespread at Nebraska University. 1928Amer. Speech III. 220 Rushee,..an individual who is being rushed by fraternities or sororities. 1940Sun (Baltimore) 16 Sept. 2/8 It [sc. a telegram] requested a report on the character, family and scholarship of a rushee. 1942College Topics (Univ. Virginia) 12 Oct. 1/2 (heading) Rushees navigate to houses by maps. 1960Amer. Speech XXXV. 104 The girl rushee who does not have ‘tights-omania’ will be blackballed in short order. |