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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