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Appointee: Definition and part of speech

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Appointee

  1. v. t. A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
  2. v. t. A person appointed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Appointment: Definition and part of speech

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Appointment

  1. n. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
  2. n. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
  3. n. The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
  4. n. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
  5. n. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
  6. n. The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
  7. n. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
  8. n. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; — properly only in the plural.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.