addressee

[ ad-re-see, uh-dre-see ]

noun

1. the person, company, or the like to whom a piece of mail is addressed.

addressee

/ ˌædrɛˈsiː /

noun

1. a person or organization to whom a letter, parcel, etc, is addressed
2. a person who is addressed in conversation, a speech, a poem, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of addressee¹

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80; address + -ee

Example Sentences

Even when we are not the addressee but a later reader, they make us feel that we are members of a fortunate audience.

From The Daily Beast

Don't deliver this letter to any person other than the addressee, Mr. Postman.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems that many letters addressed to their families in Turkey come back again, as the addressee has not been found.

From Project Gutenberg

He wrote home on the now famous postcards that inform the addressee that, on such and such a date, the sender was alive and well.

From Project Gutenberg

Once posted, a letter becomes the property of the Crown until it reaches the hands of the addressee.

From Project Gutenberg

Gallio, the addressee of the eleventh poem, is frequently quoted by the elder Seneca.

From Project Gutenberg

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