dedicatee
(ˌdɛdɪkəˈtiː)
[A modern formation from dedicate v. + -ee, correlative to dedicator.]
One to whom anything is dedicated.
| 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. I. Introd. iv, The writer and his patron, the dedicator and the dedicatee. 1802 Syd. Smith in Edin. Rev. I. 22 The worthy dedicatees, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. 1881 Saintsbury Dryden 108 Assiduous visits to patrons and dedicatees. |