addresseen.
/ˌadrɛˈsiː/, /ˌadrəˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌæˌdrɛˈsi/, /əˌdrɛˈsi/ A person who is addressed; spec. (a) a person to whom words are directed, esp. orally; (b) the specified recipient of a letter, parcel, etc.
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1794 J. Elphinston Fifty Years' Corr. II. 140 Persons can, in no tung, be more or fewer dhan three: dhe addresser, dhe addressee, and dhe subject.
1810 R. Peters Let. 25 Nov. in W. Jay Life J. Jay (1833) II. 332 Nothing must go with a pamphlet but the mere direction, under the pains and penalties of sousing the correspondent or addressee in all costs of enormous postage.
a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Lang. in Wks. (1843) viii. 328/1 By the addresser, the sign is presented to the addressee.
1880 P.O. Guide 235 When the addressee resides beyond the free delivery, porterage is charged.
1884 Notes & Queries 12 July 22/1 The strong presumption this offers in favour of this youthful nobleman as the addressee of the sonnets.
1941 Men Only Sept. 12 Although the addressee has made half a dozen moves since leaving the Mess, he expects his mail to reach him without delay.
1952 Simplified Let. (National Office Managem. Assoc., Philadelphia) Jan. 4 Use abbreviation Ms. for all women addressees. This modern style solves an age-old problem.
1991 UnixWorld Aug. 60/1 In a perfect world, an incoming fax would contain encoded information about the sender and the addressee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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