Addressee

n.

1.

One to whom anything is addressed.

Noun

1.

addressee - one to whom something is addressed

(communications)

addressee - One to whom something is addressed. E.g. "The To, CC, and BCC headers list the addressees of the e-mail message". Normally an addressee will eventually be a recipient, unless there is a failure at some point (an e-mail "bounces") or the message is redirected to a different addressee.

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