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/əˌpɔɪnˈtiː/, /ˌapɔɪnˈtiː/, U.S. /əˌpɔɪnˈti/ 1.
a. gen. A person who is appointed or nominated to an office.
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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > person appointed to office or position
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1768 Circular Mass. Repr. in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees.
1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 202 The people's king..flew back to his throne without a sword being drawn for the foreign appointee.
b. Law. A person in whose favour a power of appointment is executed: see appointment n. 7.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > declaring of destination of property > appointer or appointee
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1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. xxxii. 506 The ordinary of course grants administration to such appointee of the crown.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier > types of
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Appointee, a Foot-Soldier in the French Army, &c. who for his long Service, and Bravery, receives Pay above private Sentinels.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. These have been suppressed in France, except in the..guards where forty Appointees are still retained to each company.
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