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addresser

addresser

6.5
A person who sends a letter or message
  • noun
  • /əˈdrɛsər/
translation icon : remitente
  • An experienced addresser often knows how to engage the audience during a speech.
  • addresser and addressee

Examples

  • This analysis, in turn, suggests a criterion by which I can compare Butor's "vous" to other uses of the second person in fiction: "reversibility," that is, the ability of an addresser and an addressee actually to exchange positions, to be in turn speakers and listeners.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Communication theory has long accustomed us to think of any interchange as consisting of three main components: addresser, message, addressee, where addresser and addressee normally and regularly switch roles.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The addressee seems to respond to the addresser even though we do not read his actual words.

    Academic text (1994)
  • It's being spoken by an addresser, but it's aimed at an addressee.

  • It knows of senders and receivers, whereas art knows of addressers and addressees.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Communication theory has long accustomed us to think of any interchange as consisting of three main components: addresser, message, addressee, where addresser and addressee normally and regularly switch roles.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The addresser wrote a heartfelt letter to express her feelings to the recipient.

  • The addresser carefully crafted the message to ensure clarity and understanding.

Synonyms

correspondent
vsaddresser
31 3.5

A person who regularly writes letters to someone

refers to individual acts of sending or addressing, not ongoing exchange
sender
vsaddresser
24 1.0

A person, group, or company that sends messages such as letters and parcels

focuses on addressing written messages rather than any dispatch
letter writer
vsaddresser
9 2.5

A person who writes letters to send messages to other people

is about sending or addressing rather than composing the content
mailer
vsaddresser
7 2.8

A person who sends letters or packages by post

applies to any message type, not only postal mailing
transmitter
vsaddresser
4 4.4

A person who sends information to someone else

is more about addressing or directing messages than broad transmission
telegraph operator
vsaddresser
  • Archaic
2 7.1

A person who sends and receives long-distance messages along wires

is the non‑specialist term for sending messages across any medium
telegrapher
vsaddresser
  • Archaic
1 9.2

A person who sends and receives messages by coded signals over wires

is a general sender not limited to telegraphy
addressor
vsaddresser
6.8

A person who sends mail or packages

is the alternative spelling with the same meaning
telegraphist
vsaddresser
  • Archaic
8.9

A person who sends and receives messages by telegraph

covers sending messages broadly, not only via telegraph

Antonyms

300 3.7

A person or organization that gets something

Surface Forms

addresser singular
addressers plural

Morphology

addresser = address (transparent) = address + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'address' meaning 'a person who sends or directs a message'.

Etymology

Addresser comes from the word address, which means 'to write the name and place for a letter'. So an addresser is the person who writes that information and is often the sender of the message.