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nom·i·nee
(nŏm′ə-nē′)n.
1. One who has been nominated to an office or for a candidacy.
2. Law See dummy.
[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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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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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]
"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
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Translations
مُرَشَّح لِمَنْصِب
kandidát
kandidat
e-r sem er tilnefndur
vymenovaná osoba
nominee
[ˌnɒmɪˈniː] N (= person proposed) → candidato/a m/f; (= person appointed) → persona f nombradathe Democratic nominee → el candidato propuesto por los demócratas
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nominee
n → Kandidat(in) m(f)
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nominate
(ˈnomineit) verb to name (someone) for possible election to a particular job etc. They nominated him as captain.
ˌnomiˈnation noun1. the act of nominating. the nomination of a president.
2. a suggestion of a particular person for a post etc. We've had four nominations for the job.
ˌnomiˈnee noun a person who is nominated for a job etc.
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