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NOMINEE
campaigner, candidate, nominee
(noun) a politician who is running for public office
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nominee (plural nominees)
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.
Source: Wiktionary
Nom`i*nee", n. Etym: [See Nominate, and -ee.]
Definition: A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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