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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nominee  \Nom`i*nee"\,  n.  [See  {Nominate},  and  {-ee}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nominee 
  n  :  a  politician  who  is  running  for  public  office  [syn:  {campaigner}, 
  {candidate}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NOMINEE,  n.  A  modest  gentleman  shrinking  from  the  distinction  of 
  private  life  and  diligently  seeking  the  honorable  obscurity  of  public 
  office.




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