Meaning of ASPIRANT
| Pronunciation: | | u'spIrunt
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- [n] an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
- [adj] desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
- [adj] seeking advancement or recognition
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| | Synonyms: | | ambitious, aspirer, aspiring(a), aspiring(p), hopeful, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee, wishful, would-be(a) |
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| | See Also: | | applicant, applier | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As*pir"ant\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. aspirant, p. pr. of
aspirer. See {Aspire}.]
Aspiring.
\As*pir"ant\, n. [Cf. F. aspirant.]
One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or
object of attainment.
In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to
greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants.
--Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | addict, also-ran, applicant, aspirer, baby kisser, bidder, candidate, chiliast, claimant, collector, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, desirer, devotee, dud, fancier, favorite son, freak, hankerer, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, lame duck, Leibnizian optimist, lover, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, office seeker, optimist, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, petitioner, philosophical optimist, political hopeful, Pollyanna, postulant, presidential timber, ray of sunshine, running mate, seeker, solicitant, solicitor, stalking-horse, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, utopian, votary, wanter, wisher, yearner |
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