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sender^¹

/ˈsɛndəː/ UK
[ˈsɛndəː] UK
/ˈsendəː/ Australia
[ˈsendəː] ~ [ˈsendɐ̝ː] Australia
/ˈsɛndɚ/ US
[ˈsɛndɚ] ~ [ˈsɛndɹ̩] US
/ˈsɪndɚ/
[ˈsɪ̟ndɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ndɹ̩]

Sounds like cinder (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)

noun senders

Someone who sends. The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.
A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

Opposite: addressee, receiver, recipient

Sender^²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Senden, a municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, or a pet form of Alexander.

proper noun

A surname from German.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: transmitter, consignor, consignee, registrant, forwarder, exporter, issuer, submitter, issuing, remitting, poster, mailer, payer, emitter, addressee, originator

noun

Opposite: addressee, receiver, recipient

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noun someone who sends

Español	remitente, expedidor
한국어	발송인 balsong'in, 발송자 balsongja, 보내는 사람 bonaeneun saram
日本語	差出人 sashidashinin
中文	發件人 /发件人 fājiànrén
हिन्दी	प्रेषक preṣak, भेजनेवाला bhejnevālā
Português	enviador, remetente
Français	expéditeur, expéditrice
Deutsch	Absender, Absenderin, Sender, Senderin
Italiano	mittente
Ελληνικά	αποστολέας apostoléas
Română	expeditor, expeditoare, emițător
Русский	отправи́тель otpravítelʹ, отправи́тельница otpravítelʹnica, адреса́нт adresánt, адреса́нтка adresántka
Tiếng Việt	người gửi
العربية	مُرْسِل mursil, مُرْسِلَة mursila

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@misc{sender_2026,
  title = {sender},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sender},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}