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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The front office has been staffed by political appointees with little or no training in medicine or public health. — CBS News, 30 July 2026 The proceedings are overseen by immigration judges, appointees of the executive branch, who lack the specialized training of USCIS asylum officers, experts said. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 July 2026 One such director, Henry Loomis, quit in 1965, to protest meddling by political appointees from Lyndon Johnson’s White House. — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Appeals made in immigration court go to an administrative panel called the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is made up nearly entirely of Trump appointees. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 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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