appointee

noun

ap·​poin·​tee ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 

ˌa-

1

: one who is appointed

2

: one to whom an estate is appointed

Synonyms

• nominee
• candidate

Examples of appointee in a Sentence

the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for appointee

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy

Kids Definition

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