Appointee

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appointee \Ap*point*ee"\, n. [F. appoint['e], p. p. of
     appointer. See {Appoint}, v. t.]
     1. A person appointed.
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              The commission authorizes them to make appointments,


              and pay the appointees.               --Circular of
                                                    Mass.
                                                    Representatives
                                                    (1768).
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     2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is
        executed. --Kent. Wharton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appointee
       n 1: an official who is appointed
       2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: {appointment}]