president-elect

noun
/ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/

Etymology

From president + -elect.

  1. derived from praesidēns
  2. derived from president
  3. formed as president-elect — “president + -elect

Definitions

  1. A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.

    • Late on the evening of the 3d of March Congress rose, but in point of fact, the change of Executive power was not made until the President elect took the oath of Office.
    • The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (later to be referred as AFRC) government handed over the reins of government to the president elect of the Third Republic Dr. Hilla Limann, thus ending seven and a half years of military rule.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of president-elect.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA