[f. as prec. + -EE.] A person or animal undergoing training: correlative to trainer.
1850. Fraser’s Mag., XLI. 658. The trainers first double up one of his fore legs, which they bind fast with a cord; this they pull, and thus compel the trainee to come down upon his bent knee.
1861. Temple Bar Mag., IV. 58. The trainee is rubbed down dry.
1885. Daily News, 16 Dec., 6/1. Let her … ask whether she could be admitted as a lady pupil, as a trainee.
