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Definitions for nominee
ˌnɒm əˈninom·i·nee

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. campaigner, candidate, nomineenoun

    a politician who is running for public office

GCIDE

  1. Nomineenoun

    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. One remains a nominee until one has been elected or has assumed the office.

Wiktionary

  1. nomineenoun

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. nominee

    A nominee is a person who is proposed or formally entered as a candidate for an office, position, award, or honor. They are selected by a group or individual as their choice for this particular role or recognition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nomineenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [See Nominate, and -ee.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Nominee

    nom-in-ē′, n. one who is nominated by another: one on whose life an annuity or lease depends: one to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders his interest.

Editors Contribution

  1. nominee

    A person proposed to be elected.

    The nominee was accepted and decided to run for election.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nominee in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nominee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of nominee in a Sentence

  1. Roger Wicker:

    My initial review of the confidential settlement raises several troubling questions about Ms. Sohn’s nomination, the possibility of the nominee’s future financial liability to a number of companies regulated by the FCC, and the timing of this settlement in relation to her nomination, demands a full discussion by the committee to ensure that there is a clear understanding of the ability for this nominee to act without any cloud of ethical doubt.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    We are likely to have a battle in Cleveland to decide who is the nominee, if you don’t want to see Donald Trump as the nominee, … then I ask you to please vote for the men and women on this slate.

  3. Bennie Thompson:

    The seven months the Homeland Security Secretary position has remained vacant, and without a nominee, is far too long for a department charged with keeping the country secure. DHS needs well-qualified, permanent, Senate-confirmed leadership as soon as possible.

  4. Dick Durbin:

    For many of senators, yesterday was an opportunity to showcase talking points for the November election, for example, all Democrats are soft on crime. Therefore, this nominee must be soft on crime. Well, you've made a mess of their stereotype. The endorsement of the Fraternal Order Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police just doesn't fit with their stereotype of a Harvard grad black woman who is aspiring to the highest court in the land.

  5. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

    You didn't take it into the room, because it could conceivably be reversed engineered, or in some fashion, threaten security. the process we're going through now ultimately will produce a nominee.

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