ADDRESSEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does addressee mean? 

• ADDRESSEE (noun)
  The noun ADDRESSEE has 1 sense:

1. one to whom something is addressed

  Familiarity information: ADDRESSEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADDRESSEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One to whom something is addressed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("addressee" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Derivation:

address (speak to)

address (give a speech to)

address (speak to someone)

address (put an address on (an envelope))

address (direct a question at someone)

 Context examples 

Signifies an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.

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