Applicant
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
The subscriber is sometimes called an “applicant” after applying to a certification authority for a certificate, but before the certificate issuance procedure is completed.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
Classifications
Entity Type
Identity0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- applier
- plural
- Applicants
- possessive
- Applicant's
- pluralpossessive
- Applicants'