NONCANDIDATE

noncandidate

(noun) someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

noncandidate (plural noncandidates)

(politics) Someone who is not an official candidate for an office.

Source: Wiktionary



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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