appointee

noun

ap·​poin·​tee ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē How to pronounce appointee (audio)
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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There are only two occasions so far in which a Trump appointee has voted against the president in an appeals court and three in district courts. Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 The legal arguments outlined in the memo were not persuasive to Trump appointees at HHS, which oversees the Medicaid agency. Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025 Ashby’s bill would mandate the collaboration and form a board of three Sacramento supervisors, three Sacramento City Council appointees, two Elk Grove City Council appointees and one appointee each from the city councils of Folsom, Rancho Cordova and Citrus Heights. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025 At the time it was composed entirely of de Blasio appointees, a formula Mamdani hopes to replicate if elected. Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for appointee

Word History

First Known Use

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of appointee was in 1768

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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

appointee

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

Legal Definition

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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