precandidature

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ candidature

Adjective[edit]

precandidature (not comparable)

  1. Before candidature.
    • 1976, Robert S. Holzman, Adapt Or Perish: The Life of General Roger A. Pryor, C.S.A., page 149:
      And inasmuch as he had been an outstandingly successful lawyer at the time of his nomination, a substantial gift in the pattern of his precandidature habit did not seem to be suspicion-breeding.