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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 277)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

aspirant

, p. pr. of

aspirer

. See

Aspiring.

Noun.

[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.

Noun.

[See aspire.] One who aspires, breathes after, or seeks with eagerness.