nominee

Meanings

Plural: nominees

Noun

• a politician who is running for public office
• 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.
• 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.
• A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.

Synonyms

campaigner, candidate, nominatee