appointee

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

appointee
    n 1: an official who is appointed
    2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
       {appointee}, {appointment}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Appointee \Ap*point*ee"\, n. [F. appoint['e], p. p. of
   appointer. See {Appoint}, v. t.]
   1. A person appointed.
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            The commission authorizes them to make appointments,
            and pay the appointees.               --Circular of
                                                  Mass.
                                                  Representatives
                                                  (1768).
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   2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is
      executed. --Kent. Wharton.
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