verb

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

2. To entitle, confer a name upon.

   “1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)”

Synonyms: bename

noun

1. An act or instance of nominating.

2. A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.

noun

1. One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.

noun

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.

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