appointee (noun)

  • 61Samoa — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Samoa <p></p> Background: <p></p> New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the… …

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  • 62official — 1. adjective 1) an official inquiry Syn: authorized, approved, validated, authenticated, certified, accredited, endorsed, sanctioned, licensed, recognized, accepted, legitimate, legal, lawful, valid, bona fide, proper …

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  • 63attorney — [14] Attorney was formed in Old French from the prefix a ‘to’ and the verb torner ‘turn’. This produced the verb atorner, literally ‘turn to’, hence ‘assign to’ or ‘appoint to’. Its past participle, atorne, was used as a noun with much the same… …

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  • 64porkchopper — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌchäpə(r) noun Etymology: pork chops, labor union slang for economic benefits + er : a labor union officer regarded by fellow unionists as motivated chiefly by self interest * * * /pawrk chop euhr, pohrk /, n. Informal. 1. a labor official… …

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  • 65E.E. — 1. Early English. 2. electrical engineer. 3. electrical engineering. * * * ee «ee», noun. Scottish. eye. ee, suffix added to verbs to form nouns. 1. a person who is : »Absentee = a person who is absent …

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  • 66e.e. — errors excepted. * * * ee «ee», noun. Scottish. eye. ee, suffix added to verbs to form nouns. 1. a person who is : »Absentee = a person who is absent. 2. a person who is ed: »Appointee = a person who is appointed. 3 …

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  • 67career diplomat — noun One who has risen through the profession, rather than a political appointee • • • Main Entry: ↑career …

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  • 68RABBI, RABBINATE — The title rabbi is derived from the noun rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great and does not occur in the Bible; in its later sense in mishnaic Hebrew, however, the word rav means a master as opposed to a slave (e.g., does a slave rebel… …

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