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appointee

[uh-poin-tee, ap-oin-tee]

noun

  1. a person who is appointed.

  2. a beneficiary under a legal appointment.



appointee

/ É™pɔɪnˈtiË, ˌæp- /

noun

  1. a person who is appointed

  2. property law a person to whom property is granted under a power of appointment

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of appointee1

1720–30; appoint + -ee, as translation of French ²¹±è±è´Ç¾±²Ô³Ùé
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A former political appointee, Boelter was once a member of the same state workforce development board as Hoffman.

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Boelter, a former political appointee, was once a member of the same state workforce development board as Hoffman.

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CBS has asked the Texas judge, a Trump appointee, to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the edits were routine.

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Against this backdrop, current and former national security officials say, the Trump administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration and leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is “reckless.â€

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Without waiting for the plaintiffs’ response, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a sharp rebuke, written by a Reagan appointee, calling the government’s pleading “shocking.â€

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