appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
ˌa-
1
: one who is appointed
2
: one to whom an estate is appointed
Examples of appointee in a Sentence
the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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The ruling by the conservative-majority court, whose nine seats include three filled with Trump appointees, forced Smith to cut out a slew of details from his initial indictment.
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Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Wisconsin’s top election official, Meagan Wolfe, is a nonpartisan appointee Trump asked Republicans to impeach, in part over false and misleading claims of the 2020 election.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
The political appointee from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) who Morris did get on camera, Miller fanboy Scott Lloyd, can barely feign amnesia during his non-responses.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The 5th Circuit's 2022 ruling against the original DACA policy was issued by a panel that included a Bush appointee and two Trump appointees.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Wisconsin’s top election official, Meagan Wolfe, is a nonpartisan appointee Trump asked Republicans to impeach, in part over false and misleading claims of the 2020 election.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
The political appointee from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) who Morris did get on camera, Miller fanboy Scott Lloyd, can barely feign amnesia during his non-responses.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The 5th Circuit's 2022 ruling against the original DACA policy was issued by a panel that included a Bush appointee and two Trump appointees.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
Legal Definition
appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē, ˌa-
1
: a person who is appointed to a position
2
: a person to whom property is appointed under a power of appointment
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