designated survivor
designated survivor · designated survivors
A member of the cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed…A member of the cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the president and all those in the line of succession are gathered at a single location, so as to provide a successor should a catastrophic event occur where the others die or are incapacitated.
Meaning
1 senses(US)A member of the cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the president and all those in the line of succession are gathered at a single location, so as to provide a successor should a catastrophic event occur where the others die or are incapacitated.
Origin
designated + survivordesignated + survivor
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Forms
plural: designated survivors| Singular | designated survivor |
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