signalee

English

Etymology

From signal +‎ -ee.

Noun

signalee (plural signalees)

1. (rare) The person toward whom a signal is directed.
   • 2013, Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer, Evolutionary Aesthetics, page 253:

     Simple, economically rare emblems with messages, such as “I am fit, strong and morally good” were unable to evolve because a naive, untested acceptance of socially motivated information would be highly risky for signalees, since the interests of signaler and signalee are not identical.

Anagrams

• ensilage, lineages, genesial, angelise, galenies