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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

recipient
    n 1: a person who receives something [syn: recipient,
         receiver]
    2: the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively
       involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
       [syn: recipient role, recipient]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\, a.
   Receiving; receptive.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"[i^]*ent), n. [L.
   recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive:
   cf. F. r['e]cipient. See Receive.]
   A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom,
   or that to which, anything is given or communicated;
   specifically, the receiver of a still.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

recipient

    One who receives; receiver.  E.g. "No
   recipient of the e-mail message will know about the other
   addressees who were listed in the BCC header."

   (2000-03-22)

Thesaurus Results for recipient:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accepter, acquirer, addressee, admissible, admissive, admissory, audience, auditor, beholder, beneficiary, consignee, getter, hearer, heir, heiress, holder, hospitable, imbibitory, ingestive, intromissive, intromittent, invitatory, inviting, legatee, listener, looker, obtainer, open, payee, procurer, receivable, receiver, receiving, receptible, receptive, spectator, taker, trustee, viewer, welcoming

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