running candidate
11Running — Run Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin… …
12running mate — noun Date: 1727 1. companion 2. a horse entered in a race to set the pace for a horse of the same owner or stable 3. a candidate running for a subordinate place on a ticket; especially the candidate for vice president …
13running mate — noun A candidate on a joint ticket who is not the primary candidate on that ticket …
14candidate — Synonyms and related words: addict, agent, also ran, applicant, appointee, aspirant, aspirer, assignee, baby kisser, bidder, campaigner, claimant, collector, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, deputy, desirer, devotee, dud, entrant, fancier …
15running mate — Synonyms and related words: also ran, aspirant, baby kisser, buddy, candidate, chum, comate, companion, comrade, crony, dark horse, defeated candidate, dud, favorite son, hopeful, lame duck, office seeker, pal, political hopeful, presidential… …
16running mate — 1. a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice presidency. 2. a horse entered in a race in which another, more important, horse from the same stable, or belonging to the same owner, is run. 3. a close… …
17candidate — noun / kæn.dɪdət,kæn.dɪd eɪt/ a) A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job. b) A participant in an examination. See Also: candelabrum …
18candidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nominee, officeseeker; applicant, aspirant; probationer. See desire, choice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aspirant, possible choice, nominee, applicant, suitor, political contestant, office seeker, hopeful …
19candidate for the premiership — one who is running in an election for Prime Minister …
20candidate for the presidency — one who is running in an election for president …
