sender

[ sen-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that sends. send.
2. a transmitter of electric pulses, as in telegraphy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sender¹

1150–1200; Middle English; send ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Contact the sender through known channels, not the suspicious message.

From Salon

Hard copies of the travel records that arrive from other states are destroyed without notification to the sender, agency officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

Last Saturday, a Telegram message popped up on Heejin’s phone from an anonymous sender.

From BBC

Aleksandr Valentij of cybersecurity company Surfshark suggested checking the sender’s email address carefully to see if it doesn’t precisely match the name of the organization they purportedly represent, and looking for typos or grammatical errors — two telltale signs of a scam.

From Los Angeles Times

The mysterious sender also noted that there was more material to come, including “legal and court documents to internal campaign discussions.”

From Los Angeles Times

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