recipient Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who receives something
    receiver.
  2. noun the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    recipient role.

WordNet

Re*cip"i*ent noun
Etymology
L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. See Receive.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Re*cip"i*ent adjective
Definitions
  1. Receiving; receptive.

Webster 1913