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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

consign[GREEK]

, p. p. of

consigner

The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; – correlative to consignor.

Consigner and

consignee

are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise.

De Colange.

Noun.

The person to whom goods or other things are delivered in trust, for sale or superintendance; a factor.

See also: consignee

consignée