Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aspirant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aspirant \As*pir"ant\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. aspirant, p. pr. of
aspirer. See {Aspire}.]
Aspiring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aspirant \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aspirant
adj 1: seeking advancement or recognition [syn: {aspiring(p)}, {wishful},
{would-be(a)}]
2: desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn: {aspiring(a)}]
n : an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant";
"two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience
was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: {aspirer}, {hopeful},
{wannabe}, {wannabee}]
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