Definition of "appointee" []

• One who is appointed to an office or position. (noun)
• Law One to whom a power of appointment of property is granted. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Such employment may be continued under this authority only so long as the appointee is a bona fide student in a particular college or university and receives academic credit toward a degree for the work he is performing: And provided, That appointments to such positions will not exceed fifteen in number at any particular time, and will be for a period not to exceed nine months."
• "Such employments may be continued under this authority only so long as the appointee is a bona fide student at the particular college or university and receives academic credit toward a degree for the work he is performing for the Fish and Wildlife Service."
• "But vetting a cabinet level political appointee is different than vetting someone who represented detainees (who was probably already vetted by at least once by the FBI in connection with that work) and then goes to work for DOJ."