recipient

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a person who receives something
noun the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

Who was the recipient of Captain Nemo’s gold? — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
To the letter the recipient gave consideration first. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
"Is not a recipient of charity a beggar?" — My Doggie and I, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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