president-elect

[ prez-i-duhnt-i-lekt ]

/ ˈprɛz ɪ dənt ɪˈlɛkt /

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noun

a president after election but before induction into office.

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Origin of president-elect

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Words nearby president-elect

preshrunk, preside, Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, presidency, president, president-elect, Presidente Prudente, presidential, presidential government, Presidential Medal of Freedom, presidential primary

How to use president-elect in a sentence

Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
This group contains the name of the only President (Andrew Johnson) who was ever sought to be impeached.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
They generally give the impression that they don't even know who happens to be the President of the moment.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for president-elect

president-elect

noun

a person who has been elected president but has not yet entered office

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