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[ prez-i-duhnt-i-lekt ] / ˈprɛz ɪ dənt ɪˈlɛkt /
nouna president after election but before induction into office. Origin of president-electAn Americanism dating back to 1815–25 Words nearby president-electpreshrunk, preside, Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, presidency, president, president-elect, Presidente Prudente, presidential, presidential government, Presidential Medal of Freedom, presidential primary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for president-electPresident-elect Poroshenko has vowed to crush the insurgency in a matter of hours, not months. War and Murder in Eastern Ukraine|Anna Nemtsova|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was asked by then President-elect Obama to deliver the invocation at the opening inaugural event. How to Pray in the Public Square|Gene Robinson|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Here is a video from then President-elect Barack Obama in December 2008. This Week in Pop Culture History: Days of Our Lives, Arrested Development, and 24 Premiere|Chancellor Agard|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Well, of course Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't think Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rowhani, is a "moderate." Netanyahu Sticks By Rowhani Misquote To Build Hawkish Case Against Iran|Ali Gharib|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Supreme Leader Khamenei and president-elect Rowhani understand what they have to do to obtain relief from sanctions. Rowhani's Empty Victory|Andrew Apostolou|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST The President-elect replied that he had no picture which was satisfactory, but would gladly sit for one. McClure's Magazine December, 1895|Edited by Ida M. Tarbell Above the music swelled a continuous roar for the President-elect, "Grayson!" The Candidate|Joseph Alexander Altsheler As he was the President-elect, to go to him uninvited would have been infringement of his dignity as well as of my pride. The Plum Tree|David Graham Phillips Mr. Taft became acquainted with him a short time before his inauguration when the President-elect was playing golf at Augusta. News Writing|M. Lyle Spencer The President-elect was living in a very small house in Willet Street, what we should call a bijou residence. Fragments of an Autobiography|Felix Moscheles
British Dictionary definitions for president-elect
nouna person who has been elected president but has not yet entered office Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |