appointee

[ uh-poin-tee, ap-oin-tee ]
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noun
  1. a person who is appointed.

  2. a beneficiary under a legal appointment.

Origin of appointee

1
1720–30; appoint + -ee, as translation of French appointé

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British Dictionary definitions for appointee

appointee

/ (əpɔɪnˈtiː, 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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