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"receiver" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often recipient (9 letters).
Definitions
set that receives radio or tv signals
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.
Used in a sentence
“I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.”
“It took the name Midland & South Western Junction in 1884 and reached Cheltenham, with its M.R. connection, in 1891; but poverty continued - a receiver had been appointed in 1884.”
“A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Catcher or radio set”8 letters
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