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Etymology

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multi- +‎ candidate

Adjective

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multicandidate (not comparable)

  1. Involving multiple candidates
    • 2007 December 27, Adam Nagourney, “Holiday Cheer Gives Way to Final Primary Push in Iowa”, in New York Times[1]:
      The positive tone was evidence of the complications of running in a multicandidate field where an attack on one candidate could have the effect of driving voters to a third.