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APPOINTEE
appointee, appointment
(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position
appointee
(noun) an official who is appointed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
appointee (plural appointees)
a person who is appointed
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*point*ee", n. Etym: [F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.]
1. A person appointed. The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).
2. (law)
Definition: A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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