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candidate Noun 1. a person seeking a job or position 2. a person taking an examination 3. a person or thing regarded as suitable or likely for a particular fate or position: someone who smokes, drinks, or eats too much is a candidate for heart disease [Latin candidatus clothed in white] candidacy
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candidate noun contender, competitor, applicant, nominee, entrant, claimant, contestant, suitor, aspirant, possibility, runner |
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| The Monkey came with the rest and presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward. They were so pleased with the decision that they declared the Coyote their candidate for the Grizzly Bearship; but whether he ever obtained the office history does not relate. A fourth candidate was expected to present herself on the next day; and, until she made her appearance, Noel Vanstone positively declined removing from the metropolis. |
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