appointer
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A person who chooses someone to fill a job
- noun
- /əˈpɔɪntər/
- Formal
:
designador
- As the appointer, the mayor has the power to select members for the committee.
Examples
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Although Fox is no doubt focusing on the identity of the appointers here, he seems concerned precisely because the figures appointing public health leaders participate overtly in the political sphere.
Academic text (2012) -
The school board is the official appointer of the new principal.
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Well, yeah, but that applies to Burris only, not the appointer.
Blog text (19) -
I would ask you not to hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer.
Blog text (6) -
In her role as the appointer, she carefully evaluated each candidate for the job.
Surface Forms
appointer singular
appointers plural
Morphology
Etymology
Appointer comes from the verb appoint, which comes from an old Latin root meaning 'to place', the same idea you see in the word position. So an appointer is literally someone who 'places' or chooses a person for a job or office.