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receiver (n.)

mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from receive, or from Old French recevere (Modern French receveur), agent noun from recievere. As a telephone apparatus, from 1877; in reference to a radio unit, from 1891; in U.S. football sense, from 1897.

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Definitions of receiver from WordNet

receiver (n.)
set that receives radio or tv signals;
Synonyms: receiving system
receiver (n.)
(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties;
Synonyms: liquidator
receiver (n.)
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds;
Synonyms: telephone receiver
receiver (n.)
a person who receives something;
Synonyms: recipient
receiver (n.)
the tennis player who receives the serve;
receiver (n.)
a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass;
Synonyms: pass receiver / pass catcher
From wordnet.princeton.edu