APPOINTEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appointee mean? 

• APPOINTEE (noun)
  The noun APPOINTEE has 2 senses:

1. an official who is appointed

2. a person who is appointed to a job or position

  Familiarity information: APPOINTEE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPOINTEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An official who is appointed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("appointee" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appointee"):

placeman; placeseeker (a disparaging term for an appointee)

Derivation:

appoint (create and charge with a task or function)

appoint (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is appointed to a job or position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

appointee; appointment

Hypernyms ("appointee" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

appoint (create and charge with a task or function)

appoint (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)