Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consignee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consignee
n : the person to whom merchandise is delivered over
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