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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These are the technical, often unglamorous debates and policy decisions that justify the agency’s existence and the debates its appointees can have.
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Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Port Commissioner Dan Malcolm, Imperial Beach’s appointee to the Port of San Diego Board of Commissioners, pointed to the city’s demographics as motivation for the project.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The appointee will serve until the next regular school board election.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
His initial entry to the city’s Board of Supervisors was also as a Brown appointee.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Port Commissioner Dan Malcolm, Imperial Beach’s appointee to the Port of San Diego Board of Commissioners, pointed to the city’s demographics as motivation for the project.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The appointee will serve until the next regular school board election.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
His initial entry to the city’s Board of Supervisors was also as a Brown appointee.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 27 Feb. 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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