nominee

nom·i·nee

 (nŏm′ə-nē′)

n.

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

2. Law See dummy.

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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.

[C17: from nomin(ate) + -ee]

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nom•i•nee

(ˌnɒm əˈni)

n.

a person nominated, as to run for elective office.

[1655–65]

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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]

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nominee

noun

A person who is appointed to an office or position:

appointee, designee.

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Translations

مُرَشَّح لِمَنْصِب

kandidát

kandidat

Kandidat

candidato

nominé

e-r sem er tilnefndur

nominato

vymenovaná osoba

aday

被提名者

nominee

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

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nominee

[ˌnɒmɪˈniː] n

(= candidate for job) → candidat m agréé

(for award) → nominé(e) m/f

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nominee

n → Kandidat(in) m(f)

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nominee

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

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nominate

(ˈnomineit) verb

to name (someone) for possible election to a particular job etc. They nominated him as captain. benoem, nomineer يُسَمّي، يُرَشِّح номинирам nomear jmenovat ernennen nominere; foreslå som προτείνω, υποδεικνύω κπ. nombrar (kohale) esitama کانديد کردن nimetä nommer לְמָנוֹת नामांकित करना imenovati, predložiti jelöl menunjuk sebagai útnefna; tilnefna nominare 指命する 후보자로 지명하다 paskirti, iškelti kandidatu izvirzīt/nosaukt kandidātu mencalonkan benoemennominere, innstillemianować كانديد كيدل nomear a numi; a propune, a nominaliza выставлять, предлагать кандидатура vymenovať imenovati nominovati nominera, föreslå แต่งตั้งให้ดำรงตำแหน่งหรือรับหน้าที่ aday göstermek 提名, 推薦 призначати نامزد کرنا đề cử 提名，推荐

ˌnomiˈnation noun

1. the act of nominating. the nomination of a president. benoeming, nominasie تَسْمِيَه، تَرْشيح номиниране nomeação jmenování die Ernennung udnævnelse διορισμός, ανάδειξηnombramiento (kandidaadi) esitamine نام گذارى nimittäminen nominationמועמד नामांकन nominirati, postaviti kinevezés nominasi útnefning; tilnefning nomina 指命 지명하기 paskyrimas, iškėlimas kandidatu kandidatūras izvirzīšana pencalonan benoemingnominasjon, innstillingnominacja كانديداتورى nomeação numire; can­di­da­tură выставление, выдвижение кандидатов vymenovanie imenovanje nominacija nominering การได้รับเสนอชื่อเข้ารับรางวัลหรือชิงตำแหน่ง adaylık, aday gösterme 提名，任命 призначення نامزدگي sự bổ nhiệm 提名，任命

2. a suggestion of a particular person for a post etc. We've had four nominations for the job. nominasies تَسْمِيَه، إقْتِراح لِمَنْصِب номинация proposta kandidatura, nominace der Wahlvorschlag indstilling υποψηφιότηταnominación, propuesta kandidatuur کانديد ehdollepano propositionמועמדות कियागत अर्थों में नामांकन, नियुक्ति के लिए मनोनीत करने का अधिकार, नामज़दगी nominacija jelölés nominasi útnefning candidatura 推薦 후보 추천 kandidatūra kandidatūra, pretendents pencalonan benoemingforslag; utnevningkandydatura نوماند،كانديد propostas candidatură кандидатура kandidatúra kandidatura nominacija nominering การแต่งตั้งให้ดำรงตำแหน่งหรือรับหน้าที่ adaylık 推薦 висування кандидата تجويز đề cử 推荐

ˌnomiˈnee noun

a person who is nominated for a job etc. genomineerde مُرَشَّح لِمَنْصِب номиниран nomeado kandidát der/die Kandidat(in) kandidat υποψήφιοςcandidato kandidaat کانديدا؛ نامزد ehdokas personne nomméeמועמד नामित व्यक्ति kandidat predložen (namještenje) jelölt calon e-r sem er tilnefndur candidato 指命された人 지명된 사람 kandidatas kandidāts calon benoemdekandidat, en som er foreslått mianowany نوماند nomeado candidat кандидат vymenovaná osoba kandidat nominovani kandidat ผู้ได้รับการเสนอชื่อเข้าชิงตำแหน่ง aday 被提名者 претендент, кандидат نامزد شخص ứng cử viên 被提名者

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