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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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 • Sep. 19, 2023
Its wrapping bears a postmark of May 11, 1965, and the sender and addressee are the same: Lewis Reed.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
“As the postal service we are always happy when the addressee gets the message,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
"If it's a prison term, then it's a prison term. It absolutely doesn't scare me," said the letter, shown to Reuters on condition the addressee remained anonymous.
From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2022
The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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