one who has been chosen, chosen official; beneficiary
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Appointee Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
(v. t.)
A person appointed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA person appointed.
appointee
\ap*point*ee"\ (&?;), n. [f. appointé, p. p. of appointer. see appoint, v. t.]
1. a person appointed. the commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. ircular of mass. representatives (1768).
2. (law) a person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. wharton.
Noun
1. an official who is appointed
(hypernym) official, functionary
(hyponym) placeman, placeseeker
(derivation) appoint, name, nominate, constitute
2. a person who is appointed to a job or position
(synonym) appointment
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) appoint, name, nominate, constitute
Appointee Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An appointee may be one of the following:
- A member who is to a position or office is called an appointee. In law, such a term is applied to one who is granted power of appointment of property.
- An appointee was also a foot soldier in the French army, who, for long service and bravery, received more pay than other privates. Such rank is still used in the Swiss Army.
- An appointee is the third most lower rank of the Italian Corps of Carabineers
- An appointee is the third most lower rank of the Swiss Armed Forces
- An appointee is also a person or organisation entrusted with managing the daily finances of vulnerable individuals in the UK.
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