campaigner, candidate, nominee
(noun) a politician who is running for public office
candidate, prospect
(noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
candidate (plural candidates)
A person who is running in an election.
A person who is applying for a job.
A participant in an examination.
Something or somebody that may be suitable.
(genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
candidate (third-person singular simple present candidates, present participle candidating, simple past and past participle candidated)
(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.
(nonstandard, chiefly, in jargon and NNES) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc).
Source: Wiktionary
Can"di*date, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
