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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.
- Some Americans would certainly see Ms. Harris — the first nominee of a major party who would be both a woman and biracial, with Jamaican and Indian heritage — as a transformational, inspiring figure.
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A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
- The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees.
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A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.
syn. nominatee