Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appointee"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Appointee \Ap*point*ee"\, n. [F. appoint['e], p. p. of
appointer. See {Appoint}, v. t.]
1. A person appointed.

The commission authorizes them to make appointments,
and pay the appointees. --Circular of
Mass.
Representatives
(1768).

2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is
executed. --Kent. Wharton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

appointee
n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: {appointment}]

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