(n.) One who offers himself or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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