the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who receives, or is entitled to receive, an annuity.
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n. the recipient of an annuity
Word Usage
"Among the practices at issue: investors paying terminally ill people to be named as the "annuitant" in the annuity, the person whose death triggers an often-valuable death benefit."