appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
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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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Thursday announced that the district’s school board will be removed and replaced with state appointees.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The consequences are playing out in real time, as political candidates, appointees, and activists have witnessed campaigns affected, nominations derailed, and futures transformed.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
Mayoral appointees will be moved under the mayor’s office budget rather than being spread out among various departments.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
The investor and industrialist Andrew Mellon enjoyed a lengthy tenure as Treasury secretary—a forerunner to Trump’s Treasury appointees, Steven Mnuchin and Scott Bessent, both of them recruited straight from Wall Street.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The consequences are playing out in real time, as political candidates, appointees, and activists have witnessed campaigns affected, nominations derailed, and futures transformed.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
Mayoral appointees will be moved under the mayor’s office budget rather than being spread out among various departments.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
The investor and industrialist Andrew Mellon enjoyed a lengthy tenure as Treasury secretary—a forerunner to Trump’s Treasury appointees, Steven Mnuchin and Scott Bessent, both of them recruited straight from Wall Street.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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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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