addressee
Americannoun
noun
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a person or organization to whom a letter, parcel, etc, is addressed
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a person who is addressed in conversation, a speech, a poem, etc
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Etymology
Origin of addressee
Explanation
The person who receives a letter in the mail is an addressee. If you're mailing a birthday gift, be sure to write the addressee's name and address clearly on the package! Whenever you send something to a particular address, you indicate an addressee. If you send your best friend a postcard from Hawaii, you'll include her name, street number, city, state and zip code, making her the addressee. Adding -ee to the end of a word is one way to indicate the recipient of an action; along with addressee, words like appointee and employee also use this suffix.
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Example Sentences
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There is one Addressee to whom I have not lifted up my eyes.
From The Debit Account by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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