The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

consignee
    n 1: the person to whom merchandise is delivered over