D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Aspirant

/ăs'-pẽr-ənt/ · As·pir·ant · IPA /ˈæspəɹənt/
01 a. Aspiring.
  1. 1.
    Aspiring.
02 n. One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
  1. 1.
    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.