Plural of appointer; multiple people who have authority to assign others to positions.
Appointer plus regular English plural -s suffix. The term became standardized in legal and administrative contexts by the 19th century.
In corporations and governments, different appointers handle different roles—some appoint board members, others appoint judges, creating complex hierarchies of power that are often invisible to the public.
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