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NOMINEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A politician who is running for public office
Synonyms:
campaigner; candidate; nominee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nominee" is a kind of...):
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nominee"):
dark horse (a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly)
favorite son (a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state)
running mate (a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices)
spoiler (a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning)
stalking-horse (a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate)
write-in; write-in candidate (a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters)
