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nominee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nominee has 1 sense
- nominee(n = noun.person) campaigner, candidate - a politician who is running for public office; Array has particulars: dark horse, favorite son, running mate, spoiler, stalking-horse, write-in, write-in candidate
is a kind of pol, political leader, politician, politico
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nominee, n.
1 a person who is nominated for an office or as the recipient of a grant etc.
2 Commerce a person (not necessarily the owner) in whose name a stock etc. is registered.
1 a person who is nominated for an office or as the recipient of a grant etc.
2 Commerce a person (not necessarily the owner) in whose name a stock etc. is registered.
Etymology
NOMINATE
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nominee
n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.ROGET THESAURUS
nominee
Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
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