"nominee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌnɒmɪˈniː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nominee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nominees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From nomin(ate) + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nominate|ee|alt1=nomin(ate)}} nomin(ate) + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} nominee (plural nominees)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): People Translations (a person named or designated to any office, duty or position): namzet (Crimean Tatar), ehdokas (Finnish), candidat [masculine] (French), candidate [feminine] (French), ნომინანტი (nominanṭi) (Georgian), კანდიდატი (ḳandidaṭi) (Georgian), Nominierte [masculine] (German), Kandidat [masculine] (German), pililion (Hiligaynon), नामनिर्देशिती (nāmnirdeśitī) [feminine] (Hindi), ainmnitheach [masculine] (Irish), prestanome [feminine, masculine] (Italian), tautapa (Maori), نامزد (nâmzad) (Persian), nominat [masculine] (Polish), kandydat [masculine] (Polish), nomeado [masculine] (Portuguese), номина́нт (nominánt) [masculine] (Russian), номина́нтка (nominántka) [feminine] (Russian), кандида́т (kandidát) [masculine] (Russian), кандида́тка (kandidátka) [feminine] (Russian), nominado [masculine] (Spanish), nominada [feminine] (Spanish), ngalanin (Tagalog), namzät (Tatar)
    Sense id: en-nominee-en-noun-BUNDtq87 Disambiguation of People: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of 'a person named or designated to any office, duty or position': 46 26 28
  2. 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. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-nominee-en-noun-cAqitVrb Disambiguation of People: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 32 38 30
  3. A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-nominee-en-noun-qn3vKcWw Disambiguation of People: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 32 38 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nominatee Derived forms: nominee interest, nominee purchase

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kandidátka",
      "sense": "a person named or designated to any office, duty or position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кандида́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person named or designated to any office, duty or position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nominado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person named or designated to any office, duty or position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nominada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a person named or designated to any office, duty or position",
      "word": "ngalanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "a person named or designated to any office, duty or position",
      "word": "namzät"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nominee"
}

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