different between nominee vs competitor

English

Etymology

From nomin(ate) +? -ee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m??ni?/

  Rhymes: -i?

Noun

nominee (plural nominees)

1. A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
2. A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.

   The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees.

3. A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• competitour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.

Noun

competitor (plural competitors)

1. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
2. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

Synonyms

• (person against whom one is competing): adversary (loosely), opponent (loosely)

• (participant in a competition): contestant

Related terms

• compete
• competition
• competitive

Translations

Anagrams

• optometric, potometric, topometric

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpet?tor

Etymology

From compet? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.pe?ti?.tor/, [k?mp??t?i?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.pe?ti.tor/, [k?mp??t?i?t??r]

Noun

compet?tor m (genitive compet?t?ris, feminine compet?tr?x); third declension

1. a competitor, rival, adversary, opponent
2. (by extension) plaintiff

   Synonym: pet?tor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• competitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• competitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• competitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• competitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• competitor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• competitor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétiteur, Latin competitor.

Noun

competitor m (plural competitori)

1. competitor

Related terms

• competi?ie
• competitiv