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Synonyms for aspirant


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-spahyuh r-uh nt, as-per-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈspaɪər ənt, ˈæs pər ənt



Définition of aspirant

Origin :
  • "one who aspires," 1738, from French aspirant, from Latin aspirantem (nominative aspirans), present participle of aspirare (see aspire).
  • noun person with wish, dream
Example sentences :
  • How is the aspirant thirsting for knowledge to signify to them his wish for instruction?
  • Extract from : « Clairvoyance » by Charles Webster Leadbeater
  • Many times the aspirant will remark, "I swear I didn't make it move!"
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • It was the aspirant he had drunk beer with weeks ago at Brocourt.
  • Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos
  • But this was merely the probation of the "novice," as the aspirant was termed.
  • Extract from : « Kosciuszko » by Monica Mary Gardner
  • Yet this man is the only Thinker, the only Aspirant, amongst them all.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • Every aspirant for membership must seek first the Kingdom of God.
  • Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
  • It was manifest to the aspirant that the first flash of the thing was painful to the father.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • There was never yet an aspirant who was unable to find a teacher.
  • Extract from : « Spirit and Music » by H. Ernest Hunt
  • You have not, I presume, spoken to her as an aspirant to her hand.
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A week replaces what a week has lost, and all the aspirant's fame is of the present.
  • Extract from : « The Pilgrims Of The Rhine » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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