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English
Etymology
From designate + -ee.
Noun
designee (plural designees)
- (law) One who has been designated
1985 December 28, Kim Westheimer, “Boston Quarantine Proposal Withdrawn”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 11:The commissioner of the Texas Department of Public Health is proposing that the commissioner of health, or the designee of the commissioner of health, be able to institute quarantine measures for people with AIDS.
2008 December 11, “Automakers to remain under pressure for months yet”, in Birmingham Star:The bill authorizes the President's designee, to access funds that the Congress has already appropriated for the auto industries.
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