WRITE-IN CANDIDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does write-in candidate mean? 

• WRITE-IN CANDIDATE (noun)
  The noun WRITE-IN CANDIDATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WRITE-IN CANDIDATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITE-IN CANDIDATE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

write-in; write-in candidate

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

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