Meanings
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.
Some Americans would certainly see Ms. Harris — the first nominee of a major party who would be both a woman and biracial, with Jamaican and Indian heritage — as a transformational, inspiring figure.
2024 July 24, Jeremy W. Peters, Audra D. S. Burch, Clyde McGrady, “Black Voters Feel Excited, and Worried, about a Kamala Harris Campaign”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2024 - 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.
The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna politician who is running for public office
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 被提名者, 被提名人
- 被提名者 (bèi tímíng zhě)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- 被提名人 (bèi tímíng rén)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Finnish ehdokas
- ehdokasa person named or designated to any office, duty or position
French candidat, candidate
- candidata person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- candidatea person named or designated to any office, duty or position
German Nominierte, Kandidat
- Nominiertea person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- Kandidata person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Hindi नामनिर्देशिती
- नामनिर्देशिती (nāmnirdeśitī)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Irish ainmnitheach
- ainmnitheacha person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Italian prestanome
- prestanomea person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Māori tautapa
- tautapaa person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Persian نامزد
- نامزد (nâmzad)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Polish nominat, kandydat
- nominata person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- kandydata person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Portuguese nomeado
- nomeadoa person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Russian номина́нт, номина́нтка
- номина́нт (nominánt)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- номина́нтка (nominántka)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- кандида́т (kandidát)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- кандида́тка (kandidátka)a person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Spanish nominado, nominada
- nominadoa person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- nominadaa person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Swedish kandidat
- kandidata person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Tagalog ngalanin
- ngalanina person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Vietnamese đề cử viên, bổ nhiệm viên
- đề cử viêna person named or designated to any office, duty or position
- bổ nhiệm viêna person named or designated to any office, duty or position
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nominee
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nominee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominee
“nominee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nominee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominee.
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