dedicatee

noun

ded·​i·​ca·​tee ˌde-di-kə-ˈtē 

: one to whom a thing is dedicated

Examples of dedicatee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Per ARTnews’ Tessa Solomon, Tomlin says that in a typical Roman funerary inscription, the name of the dead came first, followed by the name of the inscription’s dedicatee. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024

The first stone, Tomlin said, would have borne the name of the deceased, followed by the name of the inscription’s dedicatee (or executor). —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024

She was credited with thanks on his 2004 special Jimmy Carr Live and as a dedicatee on 2008's Jimmy Carr: In Concert. —Adam England, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024

Casale says the band received his permission to use the poem at the time, in addition to that of the poem’s dedicatee, actress Jodie Foster, whom Hinckley Jr. was obsessed with, on the promise Devo wouldn’t endorse his actions. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2021

With Lewis playing trombone, organ and electronics, his austere then emotive work managed to honor its dedicatee by generating new stylistic possibilities within an existing tradition — just as Parker had done. —New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021

Of the nearly 50 photographs, only four feature women: Smith, Yoko Ono (with Lennon), Fran Lebowitz (Robinson’s good friend and the book’s dedicatee) and Lady Gaga. —Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020

The great Russian cellist was, of course, the work’s dedicatee and chief proponent, and every soloist who came after him is faced with the task of recreating it in his or her own interpretive image. —John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018

His colossal third piano concerto offers such enormous challenges that its dedicatee, Josef Hofmann, never ventured to perform it. —Anthony Barcellos, sacbee, 18 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1770, in the meaning defined above