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noun an ambitious and aspiring young person
adjective desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin aspīrārelbor. French aspirerder. French aspirantbor. English aspirant Borrowed from French aspirant.
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