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n. - Aomeone who hopes to get a position of importance or honour.

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  • A lofty aspirant
  • However, the condonation did not apply to any other non-lateral appointments to the SAPS, such as aspirant recruits.
  • But for the last time, let us listen to the concluding symptomatic stanza of an "aspirant;"
  • The character of Sophia's flat, instead of repelling the wrong kind of aspirant, infallibly drew just that kind.
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