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appointee

/əˌpɔɪnˈtiː/

appointee noun: a person who is appointed.

Noun

appointee (plural appointees)

  1. a person who is appointed
    • The ambassador is a political appointee, not a career diplomat.

appointee meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

appointee in Tamil

அமர்த்தப்பட்டவர், நியமிக்கப்பட்டவர்

appointee in Urdu

تقرر شدہ فرد

appointee in Kannada

ನಿಯುಕ್ತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ನೇಮಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

Forms of appointee

pluralappointees

Plural of appointee: appointees

Origin of appointee

French appointé, from appointer.

Questions about appointee

What does appointee mean?
Appointee means a person who is appointed.
What is appointee in Tamil?
Appointee in Tamil is அமர்த்தப்பட்டவர், நியமிக்கப்பட்டவர். See Appointee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is appointee?
Appointee is a noun.
How do you pronounce appointee?
Appointee is pronounced /əˌpɔɪnˈtiː/ (US).
What is the plural of appointee?
The plural of appointee is appointees.

Words near appointee in the dictionary

  1. appoggiature
  2. appoint
  3. appointable
  4. appointe
  5. appointed
  6. appointee
  7. appointees
  8. appointer
  9. appointers
  10. appointes
  11. appointest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appointee (page history and authors); appointee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appointee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appointee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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