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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: designatus, past participle of designare; DESIGN2

designate

2 adjective
     
des‧ig‧nate2 [only after noun]
formal used after the name of an official job to show that someone has been chosen for that job but has not yet officially started work:
the director designate
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