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Definitions for: Recipient
[n] the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
[n] a person who gets something
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*cip"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.
Re*cip"i*ent, a.
Receiving; receptive.
Synonyms: receiver, recipient role
See Also: acquirer, addressee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, donee, grantee, heir, heritor, honoree, host, inheritor, mandatary, mandatory, participant role, payee, protege, semantic role, sendee, transferee, warrantee
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