Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consignee \Con`sign*ee"\ (?; 277), n. [F. consign?, p. p. of
   consigner.]
   The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a
   factor; -- correlative to consignor.

         Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to
         express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the
         person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or
         otherwise.                               --De Colange.

Source : WordNet®

consignee
     n : the person to whom merchandise is delivered over