designee

noun

des·​ig·​nee ˌde-zig-ˈnē How to pronounce designee (audio)
: one that is designated

Examples of designee in a Sentence

the President's designees for Cabinet positions the director or a designee shall sign the report
Recent Examples on the Web The three new designees are the human-rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, and the entrepreneur Jimmy Lai. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024 Both certifications hold the designees to a fiduciary standard, ensuring the client’s best interests are paramount in the planning and advising process. Lizzie Dipp Metzger, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 For a while, kickers were using balls that were essentially fresh out of the box, but in 2008 the league approved allowing a designee from each team to prepare the new balls on gameday in the officials’ locker room. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 More than fifty community colleges are partners across the thirty-one Tech Hub designees which will receive more than half a billion dollars in funding to create jobs and companies around technologies of the future, like quantum, semiconductors and personalized medicine. Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for designee 

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Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of designee was in 1899

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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/designee. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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