designee
Americannoun
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a person selected or designated to carry out a duty or role.
If the judge is unavailable, his designee will hear the case.
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a person named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed.
She’s the CEO designee.
Etymology
Origin of designee
First recorded in 1925–30; design(ate) + -ee
Example Sentences
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Geber is naming a professional fiduciary as her primary designee and a younger cousin and younger nephew as backups.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
The health officer will also sit on the panel, or appoint their own designee.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, Lance Gooden, R-Texas, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, called on Jordan to step aside at the party's speaker designee at the meeting, according to Axios.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2023
"I just shared with my colleagues that I was withdrawing my name as a candidate for our speaker designee," Scalise told reporters.
From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023
The second is more constant; as being Regulated by some desire, and designee.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
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