appointee

[ uh-poin-tee, ap-oin-tee ]

/ ə pɔɪnˈti, ˌæp ɔɪnˈti /

a person who is appointed.

a beneficiary under a legal appointment.

Origin of appointee

1720–30; appoint + -ee, as translation of French appointé

The number of diplomats was pitiful (45 appointees in 1860), as was the amount of money allocated to them.

U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale |William O’Connor |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
City boards and commissions are still stacked with his appointees—or “cronies,” as his opponents (and there are many) call them.

The Gun-Running Senator Leland Yee |David Freedlander |April 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But seldom are the appointees so intimately associated with the prime minister.

God Save the Comb Over: David Cameron Rewards His Hairdresser with a National Honor |Nico Hines |January 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In comments yesterday, McConnell sure made it sound as if the NLRB appointees were the most important to him.

Reid Awakening |Michael Tomasky |July 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Of the eight sitting judges, four are Republican appointees.

Obama Picks Pawns in Political Fight as GOP Aims to Cut Down D.C. Circuit Court |Eleanor Clift |June 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He was sixth on the list of appointees, the other five being made captains.

Paul Jones |Hutchins Hapgood
Then came the county courts, the members of which were appointees of the governor, except in New Jersey, where they were elected.

The Colonies 1492-1750 |Reuben Gold Thwaites
Similarly, in the various professions, there'd be room for appointees he'd select.

This Crowded Earth |Robert Bloch
Accordingly, they at once repealed the act creating the new judgeships, thus depriving the "midnight appointees" of their posts.

History of the United States |Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
Even in the case of benefices still reserved by the pope the kings insisted that the appointees should be Spaniards.

A History of Spain |Charles E. Chapman

appointee

/ (əpɔɪnˈtiː, ˌæp-) /

a person who is appointed

property law a person to whom property is granted under a power of appointment