nominatee

English

Etymology

From nominate +‎ -ee.

Noun

nominatee (plural nominatees)

1. One who is nominated.

   Synonym: nominee

   Antonym: nominator

   • 1887 July 26, “Coney Island Jockey Club”, in The New-York Times, volume XXXVI, number 11,201, New York, N.Y., page 2, column 5:

     Two hundred and one of the 752 entries have become void by the death of nominatees, barren mares, and from other causes.

   • 1931 April 24, “Trustee Nominations”, in The Tiger, volume XXXIII, number 27, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Colorado College, page 2:

     The counting of the nominating ballots for alumni trustee to be elected to succeed Dr. Lloyd Shaw, whose term expires next June, shows Mrs. Carrie Davis Platt of Alamosa, Donald C. McCreery of Denver and Harold D. Roberts of Denver as nominatees.

   • 2017, Jill Shalvis, “Coming Soon . . . An Excerpt from Chasing Christmas Eve”, in Lost and Found Sisters, London: Headline Eternal, →ISBN:

     “Did you hear that Spence here is probably one of the top ten nominatees for San Francisco’s most eligible bachelor?”