Nominee

Definition: Nominee

Nominee

Noun

1. A politician who is running for public office.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nominee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Note: Nominee \Nom`i*nee"\, noun. [See Nominate, and -ee.]. (references)

Satire

Finance

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Nominee

Consignee

Noun: consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.

Crosswords: Nominee

Books

• A resolution concerning Burma and the United Nations General Assembly and a concurrent resolution concerning writer, political philosopher, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Wei Jingsheng : markup before the Subcommittee on Asia and the (reference)

• Carl Sandburg Reads: Grammy Nominee, Fog, the People Yes and Other of His Poems (reference)

• Corporate Boards and Nominee Directors (reference)

• Elizabeth Anne Moler nomination : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on the nomination of Elizabeth Anne Moler, nominee for reappointment as a member, Federal Ene (reference)

• Peacemaking: How to Be It, How to Do It: Transforming Anger Through Awareness With a Zen Master and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

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Hoover invades democratic stronghold--thousands come out to cheer republican nominee in New Jersey. Credit: Library of Congress.

Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for President, after his speech of acceptance delivered at Sea Girt, N.J. Credit: Library of Congress.

Republican vice-presidential nominee serves as interpreter for Indian squaw. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nelson A. Rockefeller, vice presidential nominee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Halsman, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Protect the rights of widows, widowers, & orphans : vote for Marie M. Lambert, Democratic nominee for Surrogate. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Honduras

He was elected by a 10% margin over his main opponent, National Party nominee Nora de Melgar. (references)

Kenya

On October 14, Moi became President formally after he was elected head of KANU and designated its sole nominee. (references)

Hungary

Each cabinet nominee appears before one or more parliamentary committees in consultative open hearings and must be formally approved by the president. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

Rab's son blames the killing on his father's rivals inside the Awami League who were upset by party leader Sheikh Hasina's announcement that Rab would be the party's nominee for the Khulna mayoral post. (references)

Political Economy

Maldives

The Majlis selects a single presidential nominee who is approved or rejected in a national referendum. (references)

Kuwait

If the National Assembly rejects his nominee, the Amir then submits three names, from which the assembly must choose the new Crown Prince. (references)

Political Rights

Maldives

The nominee is then confirmed or rejected by secret ballot in a nationwide referendum. (references)

Kuwait

If the Assembly rejects the Amir's nominee, the Amir then submits three names from which the Assembly must choose the new Crown Prince. (references)

Maldives

Under the Constitution, the Majlis chooses a single presidential nominee, who must be a Sunni Muslim male, from a list of self-announced candidates for the nomination. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "nominee": nominee-presumptive.

Ending with "nominee": oscar-nominee.

Albanian

kandidat (applicant, campaigner, candidate, challenger, postulant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرشح (candidate, distilled, filter, filtered, filtrated), ‏المعين, ‏المرشح لمنصب, ‏الشخص المختار (choice). (various references)

Bulgarian 

претендент (challenger, claimant, pretender). (various references)

Chinese 

被提名人. (various references)

Czech

kandidát (candidate, entrant), jmenovaná osoba. (various references)

Danish

nominel ejer, stråmand, repræsentant (representative), proformaaktionær. (various references)

Dutch

nominee, gevolmachtigde (proxy, representative). (various references)

Farsi 

منصوب , نامزد (Candidate), کاندیدشده (Nominative), تعیین شده (Determinate, Nominative), ذینفع (Beneficiary). (various references)

Finnish

valtuutettu (authorized, authorized agent, delegate, empowered, proxy), bulvaani (dummy, straw man). (various references)

French

personne désignée, personne dénommée, mandataire, candidat désigné, candidat. (various references)

German

kandidat (applicant, aspirant, candidate, contestant, examinee). (various references)

Greek 

προταθείσ υποψήφιοσ, υποδειχθείσ υποψήφιοσ, υποψήφιοσ (aspirant, candidate, postulant, prospective). (various references)

Hebrew 

ממונה (appointee, charge d'affaires, officer in charge, superior, trustee), מועמד (applicant, candidate). (various references)

Hungarian

jelölt (applicant, candidate). (various references)

Italian

persona nominata, persona designata (appointee), intestatario (account holder), designata, candidato (applicant, aspirant, cadidate, candidate, examinee). (various references)

Korean 

지명된 사람. (various references)

Manx

enmyssagh (addressee, assign, assignee, definable, terminological). (various references)

Pig Latin

omineenay.(various references)

Portuguese

pessoa nomeada, pessoa designada, candidato indicado. (various references)

Romanian

candidat (applicant, aspirant, candidate, entrant, expectant, postulant, probable, probationer). (various references)

Russian 

кандидат (aspirant, candidate, contender, postulant, presentee). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kandidat (candidate, postulant, prospect). (various references)

Spanish

persona nombrada, mandatario (attorney, leader, mandatary), depositario (bailee, depositary, depository, repository, trustee), candidato (applicant, aspirant, cadidate, candidate, hopeful). (various references)

Swedish

kandidat (aspirant, bachelor, candidate). (various references)

Turkish

namzet (candidate, postulant, remainderman), vekil (administrator, alternate, assignee, attorney, commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, minister, proxy, representative, stand in, substitute, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice, vice gerent), temsilci (agent, ambassador, commissionaire, coryphaeus, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, rep, representative, spokesman, substitute), aday (applicant, aspirant, cadet, candidate, contestant, entrant, postulant, remainderman). (various references)

Ukrainian

кандидат на виборах, особа, висунута на посаду. (various references)

Vietnamese 

người được chỉ định. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nominee": nominees. (additional references)

Words ending with "nominee": conominee. (additional references)

Words containing "nominee": conominees. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nominee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nemine, Nilmini, nomine, nominer, nominis, nominy, nonmoney, nonnie, Normie, Normiger, noumenon, novine, Novinex, Noviny, Numenor, Nurminen, omine, o'mine, Tominey. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: monie, nomen.

-3 letters: meno, mien, mine, neem, nene, neon, nine, nome, none, omen.

-4 letters: eme, eon, inn, ion, men, mon, nee, nim, nom, one.

-5 letters: em, en, in, me, mi, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on.

+1 letter: limonene, nominees.

+2 letters: conominee, limonenes, menadione, mentioned, mentioner.

+3 letters: comedienne, conominees, denominate, emendation, enantiomer, envenoming, menadiones, mentioners, methionine, mignonette, minestrone, monogenies, nonmeeting, prominence, renominate.

+4 letters: cementation, comediennes, confinement, countermine, denominated, denominates, dimensioned, domineering, emboldening, emendations, enantiomers, encrimsoned, enumeration, environment, incompetent, indorsement, involvement, mentionable, methionines, mignonettes, minestrones, monkeyshine, monogenesis, monogenetic, monseigneur, mountaineer, neostigmine, noisomeness, nonmeetings, omnipotence, omnipresent, omniscience, prenominate, prominences, renominated, renominates, unmentioned, winsomeness.