multicandidate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

English candidate

English multicandidate

From multi- + candidate.

Adjective

multicandidate (not comparable)

1. Involving multiple candidates
   • 2007 December 27, Adam Nagourney, “Holiday Cheer Gives Way to Final Primary Push in Iowa”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     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.