Candidate
Candidate , noun
[Latin Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) from candidatus clothed in white, from candiduslittering, white: compare French candidat.]
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.