Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recipient

Recipient (re*sip"i*ent) , noun

[Latin recipiens, -entis, receiving, present participle of recipere to receive: compare French récipient. 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.

Recipient , adjective

Receiving; receptive.