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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The board ordinarily consists of bipartisan members, but its current iteration is now made up entirely of Trump appointees, including Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, and the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Boasberg’s order to turn around the March flights has made the judge, an appointee of former President Obama, a target of the GOP.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
In late November, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, erased all the charges against both Comey and James after concluding that Halligan was unlawfully appointed.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
One gives oversight of both charter and IPS schools to a collaborative board consisting of IPS, mayoral, and charter school appointees.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Boasberg’s order to turn around the March flights has made the judge, an appointee of former President Obama, a target of the GOP.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
In late November, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, erased all the charges against both Comey and James after concluding that Halligan was unlawfully appointed.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
One gives oversight of both charter and IPS schools to a collaborative board consisting of IPS, mayoral, and charter school appointees.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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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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