As*pir"ant [Cf. F. aspirant, p. pr. of aspirer. See Aspire.]
Aspiring.
© Webster 1913.
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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