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aspirant

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as·pi·rant  (spr-nt, -spr-)
n.
One who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position.
adj.
Seeking recognition, distinction, or advancement.
aspirant
Noun
a person who aspires, such as to a powerful position
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aspirantaspirant - an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
Adj.1.aspirant - desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
aspiring, wishful
ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement
aspirant
noun 1. candidate, applicant, hopeful, aspirer, seeker, suitor, postulant
adjective 2. hopeful, longing, ambitious, eager, striving, aspiring, endeavouring, wishful
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But the thing has to be done scientifically, or the last state of the aspirant may be worse than the first.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
"I am an aspirant to membership in the palace guard," I said, "and from yonder window in the tower where I was confined awaiting the final test for fitness I saw this brute attack the this woman.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Then the aspirant must not only be tested in those labours and dangers and pleasures which we mentioned before, but there is another kind of probation which we did not mention--he must be exercised also in many kinds of knowledge, to see whether the soul will be able to endure the highest of all, will faint under them, as in any other studies and exercises.
The Republic by Plato View in context
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