ETYM Latin Candidatus, (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) from candidatus clothed in white, from candiduslittering, white: cf. French candidat.
Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.); SYN. prospect.
Onaj koji traži mesto ili službu; pripravnik; đak koji stoji pred ispitom; onaj koji se sprema i radi da bude izabran za narodnog poslanika, pretsednika republike, vladaoca i sl. (lat.)