Recipient Definition

rĭ-sĭpē-ənt
recipients
noun
recipients
A person or thing that receives.
Webster's New World
One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.
American Heritage Medicine

(chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Wiktionary
adjective
Functioning as a receiver; receptive.
American Heritage Medicine
Receiving, or ready or able to receive.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Recipient

Noun

Singular:
recipient
Plural:
recipients

Origin of Recipient

  • Latin recipiēns recipient- present participle of recipere to receive receive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stem of recipiens, present participle of recipere (“to receive")

    From Wiktionary

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