WRITE-IN CANDIDATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters

Synonyms:

write-in; write-in candidate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("write-in candidate" is a kind of...):

campaigner; candidate; nominee (a politician who is running for public office)

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