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precandidates

precandidates is the plural of precandidate.

Meaning of precandidate

Noun

precandidate (plural precandidates)

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

Questions about precandidates

What is precandidates the plural of?
Precandidates is the plural of precandidate.

Words near precandidates in the dictionary

  1. precancerosis
  2. precancerous
  3. precancers
  4. precandidacy
  5. precandidate
  6. precandidates
  7. precandidature
  8. precanine
  9. precanines
  10. precanning
  11. precanon

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