Dictionary entry

Recipient

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐cip″i‐ent (–ent), n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. 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.