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Definition of Recipient
1. Noun. A person who receives something.
Exact synonyms: Receiver
Generic synonyms: Acquirer
Specialized synonyms: Addressee, Alienee, Grantee, Annuitant, Assignee, Beneficiary, Donee, Borrower, Conferee, Consignee, Dependant, Dependent, Grantee, Heir, Heritor, Inheritor, Honoree, Host, Mandatary, Mandatory, Payee, Protege, Sendee, Transferee, Warrantee
Derivative terms: Receive, Receive
Generic synonyms: Acquirer
Specialized synonyms: Addressee, Alienee, Grantee, Annuitant, Assignee, Beneficiary, Donee, Borrower, Conferee, Consignee, Dependant, Dependent, Grantee, Heir, Heritor, Inheritor, Honoree, Host, Mandatary, Mandatory, Payee, Protege, Sendee, Transferee, Warrantee
Derivative terms: Receive, Receive
2. Noun. The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
Definition of Recipient
1. n. 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.
2. a. Receiving; receptive.
Definition of Recipient
1. Noun. One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues. ¹
3. Noun. The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recipient
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Recipient
1. One who receives, as blood in transfusion or a tissue or organ graft. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)