Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\, n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving,
p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r['e]cipient. See
Receive.]
A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom,
or that to which, anything is given or communicated;
specifically, the receiver of a still.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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