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designated survivors

designated survivors is the plural of designated survivor.

Meaning of designated survivor

Noun

designated survivor (plural designated survivors)

  1. (US) A member of the cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the president and all those in the line of succession are gathered at a single location, so as to provide a successor should a catastrophic event occur where the others die or are incapacitated.

Questions about designated survivors

What is designated survivors the plural of?
Designated survivors is the plural of designated survivor.

Words near designated survivors in the dictionary

  1. designated hitter
  2. designated hitters
  3. designated runner
  4. designated runners
  5. designated survivor
  6. designated survivors
  7. designates
  8. designathon
  9. designathons
  10. designating
  11. designation

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