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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
candidate \can"didate\, n. l. candidatus, n. because
candidates for office in rome were clothed in a white toga.
fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering,
white: cf. f. candidat.
one who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a
suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office,
privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of
governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for
scholastic honors.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
candidate
n 1: a politician who is running for public office syn: campaigner,
nominee
2: someone who is considered for something for an office or
prize or honor etc. syn: prospect
see also:
campaigner nominee prospect
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 moby thesaurus words for "candidate":
addict, agent, also-ran, applicant, appointee, aspirant, aspirer,
assignee, baby kisser, bidder, campaigner, claimant, collector,
coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, deputy, desirer, devotee,
dud, entrant, fancier, favorite son, freak, hankerer, has-been,
hopeful, lame duck, licensee, lover, nominee, office seeker,
petitioner, political hopeful, possibility, postulant,
presidential timber, prospect, runner, running mate, seeker,
selectee, solicitant, solicitor, stalking-horse, stumper, suitor,
suppliant, supplicant, votary, wanter, whistle-stopper, wisher,
yearner
- [4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
candidate. one who offers himself or is offered by others for an office.
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