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dɪˌdeɪtnoun
1.
a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.: a candidate for governor.
2.
a person who is selected by others as a contestant for an office, honor, etc.
3.
a person who is deserving of or seems destined for a certain end or fate: Such a reckless spender is a candidate for the poorhouse.
4.
a student studying for a degree: Candidates for the B.A. will have to meet certain minimum requirements.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become a candidate for service as a new minister of a church; preach before a congregation that is seeking a new minister.
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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin candidātus clothed in white (adj.), candidate for office (noun, in reference to the white togas worn by those seeking office). See candid, -ate1
1605–15; < Latin candidātus clothed in white (adj.), candidate for office (noun, in reference to the white togas worn by those seeking office). See candid, -ate1
Related forms
can·di·da·cy 
[kan-di-duh-see] ; Chiefly British, can·di·da·ture [kan-di-duh-cher] , can·di·date·ship, noun
[kan-di-duh-see] ; Chiefly British, can·di·da·ture [kan-di-duh-cher] , can·di·date·ship, noun pre·can·di·da·cy, noun
pre·can·di·da·ture, noun
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- Dupont was elected to the committee writh more first-choice voles than any other candidate.
- The candidate might have no chance of winning, but his votes would swell the party aggregate.
- Any conversation about academic hiring will eventually light on the issue of how to define the “best” candidate.
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Word Origin & History
candidate
c.1600s, from L. candidatus "one aspiring to office," originally "white-robed," pp. of candidare "to make white or bright," from candidus (see candid). Office-seekers in ancient Rome wore white togas.
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