presidentiable
n.— «If Mr Mitterrand is ruled out, there is a difficult problem for the Socialist Party. Its most popular “presidentiable” is Michel Rocard, who has little support in the higher echelons of the party. » —“Chirac Takes The Fall For Setbacks During Cohabitation’s First Stanza” by P.P. McGuiness Australian Financial Review Mar. 19, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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