Candidature

can·di·date  (knd-dt, -dt)

n.

1. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor.

2. A student who has nearly completed the requirements for a degree.

3. One that seems likely to gain a certain position or come to a certain fate: young actors who are candidates for stardom; a memorandum that is a good candidate for the trash can.

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[Latin candidtus, clothed in white (from the white togas worn by Romans seeking office), candidate, from candidus, white; see candid.]

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candi·da·cy (-d-s), candi·da·ture (-d-chr, -chr) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

candidature - the campaign of a candidate to be elected campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign whistle-stop tour - a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours" crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning - a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign" hustings - the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) whispering campaign - the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate stumping - campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)