Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\, a.
   Receiving; receptive.

Source : WordNet®

recipient
     n 1: a person who gets something [syn: {receiver}]
     2: the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively
        involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the
        clause [syn: {recipient role}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

recipient
     
         One who receives; receiver.  E.g. "No
        recipient of the {e-mail} message will know about the other
        {addressees} who were listed in the {BCC} header."
     
        (2000-03-22)