Definition of "nominee"

A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.  examples

A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.  examples

A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.  examples