'Recipient' definitions:

Definition of 'recipient'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver]
noun
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]

Definition of 'Recipient'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Recipient'

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

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