consignatary

English

Etymology

Compare consignitary.

Noun

consignatary (plural consignataries)

1. (obsolete) A consignee.
   • c 1665, Leoline Jenkins, a letter to the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council:

     […] the Owners and Consignataries of the Goods ſo laden […]

References

• “consignatary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.