campaigner
English Thesaurus
1. a politician who is running for public office (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | dark horse, |
| definition | : | a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | favorite son, |
| definition | : | a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | running mate, |
| definition | : | a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | spoiler, |
| definition | : | a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stalking-horse, |
| definition | : | a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | write-in, write-in candidate, |
| definition | : | a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | campaign, run, |
| definition | : | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | campaign, run, |
| definition | : | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position (verb.competition) |
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