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candidature


can·di·da·ture

noun
\ˈkan-də-də-ˌchu̇r, ˈka-nə-, -chər\

Definition of CANDIDATURE

chiefly British
: candidacy
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First Known Use of CANDIDATURE

1848

Rhymes with CANDIDATURE

caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, divestiture, entablature, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, musculature, nomenclature, non sequitur

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