recipient

[ ri-sip-ee-uhnt ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.

adjective
  1. receiving or capable of receiving.

Origin of recipient

1
First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin recipient-, stem of recipiēns “receiving,” present participle of recipere “to receive”; see receive

Other words from recipient

  • non·re·cip·i·ent, adjective, noun
  • un·re·cip·i·ent, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for recipient

recipient

/ (rɪˈsɪpɪənt) /


noun
  1. a person who or thing that receives

adjective
  1. a less common word for receptive

Origin of recipient

1
C16: via French from Latin recipiēns, from recipere to receive

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