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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If Trump were to manage to, say, replace many current career bureaucrats with his own political appointees and then successfully burrow them in, a future Democratic President may want to regain control over the bureaucracy by engaging in similar moves.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
The Treasury Secretary and Fed chairman are the two most important economic policy roles in the U.S., and Trump has often jabbed at Powell, who was a Trump appointee during his first term.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Six appointees faced senators in confirmation hearings today where lawmakers asked about Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, Project 2025 and more.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
One of his own appointees allowed that to be the case along with the holder of the most prestigious legal office in America—the chief justice.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
The Treasury Secretary and Fed chairman are the two most important economic policy roles in the U.S., and Trump has often jabbed at Powell, who was a Trump appointee during his first term.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Six appointees faced senators in confirmation hearings today where lawmakers asked about Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, Project 2025 and more.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
One of his own appointees allowed that to be the case along with the holder of the most prestigious legal office in America—the chief justice.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
Legal Definition
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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