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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If confirmed, Warsh will make $253,100 a year, the salary of top-level political appointees such as cabinet secretaries and agency heads.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Rao and Walker are both Trump judicial appointees.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2022, more than 20 Hungarian universities were disqualified from the European Union’s Erasmus exchange program as a consequence of an Orbán scheme to place control of universities in the hands of public foundations headed by political appointees.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Barber replaces department director Sean Kershaw, an appointee of former Mayor Melvin Carter.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Rao and Walker are both Trump judicial appointees.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2022, more than 20 Hungarian universities were disqualified from the European Union’s Erasmus exchange program as a consequence of an Orbán scheme to place control of universities in the hands of public foundations headed by political appointees.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Barber replaces department director Sean Kershaw, an appointee of former Mayor Melvin Carter.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 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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