The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\, a.
   Receiving; receptive.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"[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.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recipient
    n 1: a person who receives something [syn: recipient,
         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, recipient]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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)