dedicatee

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English

Etymology

From dedicate +‎ -ee.

Pronunciation

Noun

dedicatee (plural dedicatees)

  1. Someone to whom something is dedicated.
    • 2009 January 11, James Campbell, “Howls”, in New York Times:
      In 1949, having fallen in with some petty criminals, he was arrested for harboring stolen goods and subsequently committed to the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he met the future dedicatee of "Howl," Carl Solomon.