nominee (redirected from nominees)

nom·i·nee  (nm-n)

n.

1. One who has been nominated to an office or for a candidacy.

2. A person or organization in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party.

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[nomin(ate) + -ee.]

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nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː]

n

1. a person who is nominated to an office or as a candidate

2.

a.  a person or organization named to act on behalf of someone else, esp to conceal the identity of the nominator

b.  (as modifier) nominee shareholder

[from nominate + -ee]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nominee - a politician who is running for public office campaigner, candidate 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 pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics 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

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nominee

noun candidate, applicant, entrant, contestant, aspirant, runner The President vetoed two Pinochet nominees for the top army rank of major general.

Quotations
"nominee: a modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː] N (= person proposed) → candidato/a m/f; (= person appointed) → persona f nombrada
the Democratic nominee → el candidato propuesto por los demócratas

nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː] n

(= candidate for job) → candidat m agréé

(for award) → nominé(e) m/f

nominee

n → Kandidat(in) m(f)

nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː] n (see vb) → candidato/a; (XXX) → persona nominata

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nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː] n (see vb) → candidato/a; (XXX) → persona nominata