precandidate

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ candidate

Noun

precandidate (plural precandidates)

1. A person approved as a possible candidate.
   • 2008 March 8, The Associated Press, “Hall of Famer in Mayor’s Race”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Arguello was approved as a precandidate for the November elections at a meeting of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, according to Daysi Torrez, a journalist who was nominated to run for deputy mayor.

Related terms

• precandidacy