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
Etymology
Origin of addressee
Example Sentences
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The mysterious addressee was then sent seven letters, a bank card, a PIN, overdraft limit warnings and a warning that an outstanding debt could be referred to a credit reference agency.
From BBC
In such a case, the apparent addressee is not the real addressee: the teacher is trying to pass on information indirectly to one or more other students.
From Science Daily
“Needless to say the addressee was quite startled when they opened the box,” Port Chester police wrote on Facebook.
From Seattle Times
Its wrapping bears a postmark of May 11, 1965, and the sender and addressee are the same: Lewis Reed.
From New York Times
“Here we go,” he said before slicing into an envelope with a return address on Queens Boulevard in New York, marked “Personal and confidential — to be opened by addressee only.”
From New York Times
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