It means the one who receives . In the medium of radio communications, radio receiver, electronic apparatus by which stations are tuned and radio signals are received. In the game of baseball he is the pitcher's partner, who sits behind the batter. It is also called catcher or cácher.
It is said of what "accepts or captures a shipment". It has Latin origin in recipere, formed by the prefix re ( "again, backwards" ) capere ( "take , grab" ) the suffix -or , -oris ( agent of action ).