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secondee

British  
/ səˌkɒnˈdiː /

noun

  1. a person who is seconded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A now-removed blog post written by one civil servant about their placements showed a secondee describing how they had drafted copy for the news website.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Q: Paul Deighton is arguably a secondee to the Treasury from business.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2012

Last month, one FSA secondee to the European parliament wrote a proposed amendment to draft EU regulation to limit financial speculation on food prices.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2012

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