nominee 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a politician who is running for public office
Hypernym
politician 2
noun
a person active in party politics
EnglishHyponym
dark horse 1
noun
a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
favorite son 1
noun
a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state
running mate 1
noun
a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
spoiler 1
noun
a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
stalking-horse 1
noun
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
