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running mate en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A candidate on a joint ticket.
  2. (US) A candidate for the US vice-presidency.
    • Noem’s latest justification for fatally shooting Cricket at her farm[…]comes as fellow Republicans have all but written off her chances of being chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in November’s presidential election. 2024 May 5, Ramon Antonio Vargas, Edward Helmore, “Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • My first decision after being assured of victory was to choose my running mate. I decided that I needed to compensate for my lack of experience in Washington, and seriously considered Senators John Glenn, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Ed Muskie, and Walter Mondale. 2011, Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5:
  3. One of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules.
  4. One of a pair of horses running the same race for the same stable or owner.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
running-mate alternative lexicographic
running mates Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

ticketmate (political candidate on the same ticket or for US vice-presidency)

Translations (17)

pl kandydatka na wiceprezydenta (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · fi vaalikumppani (candidate on a joint ticket) · sv systerfartyg (one of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules) · fi varapresidenttiehdokas (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · pl kandydatka (candidate on a joint ticket) · fr colistière (candidate on a joint ticket) · fr colistier (candidate on a joint ticket) · de Kandidat für die Vizepräsidentschaft (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · vi phó ứng cử viên tổng thống (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · vi ứng cử viên phó tổng thống (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · vi phó ứng cử viên (candidate on a joint ticket) · sv medkandidat (candidate on a joint ticket) · pl kandydat na wiceprezydenta (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · de Kandidatin für die Vizepräsidentschaft (candidate for the US vice-presidency) · vi đồng ứng cử viên (candidate on a joint ticket) · pl kandydat (candidate on a joint ticket) · sv vicepresidentkandidat (candidate for the US vice-presidency)