appointee

noun

ap·​poin·​tee ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē How to pronounce appointee (audio)
ˌa-
Synonyms of appointeenext
1
: one who is appointed
2
: one to whom an estate is appointed

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the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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Just appointees in Washington deciding who's in and who's out. — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026 Trump has previously expressed chided his own appointees for some of their rulings. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 June 2026 Trump has also urged him to fire the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan appointee who determines whether key parts of bills follow Senate rules. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026 There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for appointee

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First Known Use

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of appointee was in 1768

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appointee

noun
ap·​poin·​tee ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē How to pronounce appointee (audio)
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office

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appointee

noun
ap·​poin·​tee ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē, ˌa- How to pronounce appointee (audio)
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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