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appointee

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

appointee

/ ˌæp-; əpɔɪnˈtiː /

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

Judge Bert Richardson, a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush, tapped McCrum to investigate a case against Perry.

A Democratic city that elected Democratic leaders is now controlled by the appointee of a Republican governor.

The process started in September 2013, when the editor of the online Gazeta.Ru was replaced by a pro-government appointee.

And Bernanke, who came into public life as a Bush appointee, has become a hate object among many on the right.

They wanted him to say that his interim appointee could serve until what would have been Lautenberg's next election, 2014.

The captain relieved him and Camden, and both of them went below, the new appointee taking the stateroom of the second lieutenant.

The appointee is usually a member nominated by the local members.

Frazier's appointee, however, was a lieutenant from a distant station.

Collector Grinnell, Grant's first appointee to that position, found it in force when he came into office.

Oftentimes he holds no elective office, but may be an appointee of the government or State.

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