appointee

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

APPOINTEE', noun 1. A person appointed. 'The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointee ' 2. A foot soldier in the French army, who, for long service and bravery, received more pay than other privates.
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