appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
ˌa-
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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IndyStar, 29 Jan. 2026
Other political appointees intervened and blocked the move.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Notably, however, among the new appointees to the board were a Black man, another man whose mother is Iranian and whose father is Pakistani, and a man of Spanish ancestry whose parents were Turkish immigrants.
—Richie Zweigenhaft, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
The board consists of appointees from Mayor Andre Dickens, the City Council, Invest Atlanta and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
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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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