What is another word for "candidate"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "candidate": about, applicant, aspirant, bagman, bedlamite, beggar, bid, bidder, bribe, bum, cadger, candidature, canvasser, case, child, claimant, client, come, competitor, core, crank, crazy, dipsomaniac, disengaged, dreamer, energumen, enthusiast, errant, fanatic, feet, flower, for, forward, gift, give, hard, hawk, highflier, hire, hobo.