Definition of "expiree"
expiree
noun
plural expirees
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict whose sentence had been served.
Quotations
Most of them secured a husband within a year or so, but more remarkable is the fact that expirees competed very successfully against the colonial boys for brides. This was despite the knowledge that a woman who married an expiree lost her claim to respectability.
1985, University of Western Australia, Westerly, volume 30, page 248
Many old expirees received terminal or geriatric care in the Society′s Asylum, but there was a gap between the expiration of their sentences and their requiring terminal care during which time they depended upon their own resources.
1995, Royal Australian Historical Society, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, volume 81, page 37