CANDIDATE
\kˈandɪdˌe͡ɪt], \kˈandɪdˌeɪt], \k_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of CANDIDATE
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who offers himself for any office or honor, so called because, at Rome, the applicant used to dress in white.
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CANDIDATURE, CANDIDATESHIP.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who seeks, or is brought forward, to fill some office or post of honour, so called because it was the custom in Rome for such to dress in white. See Candid.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] One who seeks, or who is proposed for an office or place of trust;—an aspirant;—a competitor.
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A competitor, one that solicits advancement.
By Thomas Sheridan
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