Definition of "addressee" []

• The one to whom something is addressed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We use Medco for our 3 month supplies and they ship in white plastic 10 1/4 "x13 1/4" x2 1/8 "unpadded envelopes and there are no markings identifying the contents (the addressee is MHS Services)."
• "Of course, research was relatively simple if the addressee was a prisoner, an internee, or an exiled person who sent news to his family; but it was a difficult task when relatives had received no news from the addressee for a month or a year or more."
• "Likewise, "y'all" when used in the presence of a single person automatically invokes some larger set of people of which the addressee is a member."