Precandidate
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person approved as a possible candidate.
"Arguello was approved as a precandidate for the November elections at a meeting of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, according to Daysi Torrez, a journalist who was nominated to run for deputy mayor."
Example
More examples"Arguello was approved as a precandidate for the November elections at a meeting of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, according to Daysi Torrez, a journalist who was nominated to run for deputy mayor."
Etymology
From pre- + candidate.
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