Definition of Running mate

1. Noun. A nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices.

Generic synonyms: Campaigner, Candidate, Nominee

Definition of Running mate

1. Noun. A candidate on a joint ticket who is not the primary candidate on that ticket. ¹

2. Noun. One of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Mate

running dogs
running flush
running for
running gag
running game
running hand
running head
running headline
running in
running iron
running joke
running knot
running knots
running light
running man
running mate (current term)
running mates
running noose
running on empty
running out
running over
running pine
running play
running pop
running postman
running shoe
running shoes
running speech
running start
running stitch

Literary usage of Running mate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development by John Hankins Wallace (1897)
"Some three weeks before, with running mate, he had beaten Brown George and running mate, in very fast time, scoring one heat in 2:19. ..."

2. Six Decades in Texas; Or, Memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock, Governor of by Francis Richard Lubbock (1900)
"... Ed Burleson Becomes the running mate of Houston and Is Elected — The Santa Fe Expedition — My Brother Tom a Lieutenant in the Expedition— Lamar's Work ..."

3. The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him, with by Hiram Washington Woodruff, Charles James Foster, George Wilkes (1871)
"Flora against Ethan Allen and a Running-Mate. — Flora before Gen. Grant. — The Widow Machree. ON the llth of June, Flora Temple and John Morgan had their ..."

4. Things Worth Knowing: A Treasury of Useful Information, Answering Thousands by John Hendricks Bechtel (1906)
"PACING—UNDER SADDLE Johnston, at Cleveland, Ohio, August 3d, 1883, made 1 mile in 2 minutes, 3} seconds. PACING—WITH running mate ..."

5. Every Horse Owners' Cyclopedia ...: Diseases, and how to Cure Them by John Henry Walsh, Ellwood Harvey, John Elderkin (1871)
"The advantage of a running mate, great as it was known to be, was not until now fully appreciated. Ethan Allen's best time, single, does not approach the ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Noted one mile trotting records with running mate are: Ayres P. (against time) ... Lou Dillon, 1903, 1:5854 (with shield) ; Uhlan (with running mate), 1913, ..."

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