An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A person who is nominated as a candidate for a job, position, or award.

Etymology (EN): → nominate + -ee a suffix that adds to transitive verbs to form nouns denoting a person who is the object or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb (addressee; employee; grantee).

Etymology (PE): From nâmen-, present stem of nâmenidan, → nominate, + agent noun suffix -bar (from bordan “carry, bear”), as in payâmbar, râhbar, farmânbar.