addressee

Pronunciation:		`adre'see
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Matching Terms:		addressed, addressed call mode
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] one to whom something is addressed

	See Also:	receiver, recipient

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ad`dress*ee"\, n. One to whom anything is addressed.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	One to whom something is addressed. E.g. "The To, CC, and bcc headers list the addressees of the e-mail message". Normally an addressee will eventually be a recipient, unless there is a failure at some point (an e-mail "bounces") or the message is redirected to a different addressee.

	See Also:	communications

Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	accepter, acquirer, artist-in-residence, audience, auditor, beholder, communicator, consignee, correspondent, denizen, dweller, getter, habitant, hearer, holder, house detective, incumbent, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern, letter writer, listener, live-in maid, locum tenens, looker, obtainer, occupant, occupier, payee, pen pal, procurer, receiver, recipient, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, sojourner, spectator, taker, tenant, trustee, viewer, writer