noun
- A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
- synonyms: official
Functionary and Appointee
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- An official who is appointed.
- A person who is appointed to a job or position.
- synonyms: appointment
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
- (v.t.) A person appointed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary