aspirant adj

1 seeking advancement or recognition [syn: aspiring(p), wishful, would-be(a)]

2 desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn: aspiring(a)] n : an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee]

English

Noun

1. someone who aspires to high office etc.

Adjective

1. seeking advancement
2. striving for recognition

French

Verb

aspirant

Aspirant is a military rank in the French military, Brazilian military,Romanian Navyan Polish Police

French Army

An Officer Designate rank, it is used in the Armée de Terre (Army), the Armée de l'Air (Air Force), the Marine Nationale (Navy) and the Gendarmerie Nationale. Technically it is not a commissioned rank but it is still treated in all respects as one. Aspirants are either officers in training in military academies or voluntaries, serving as temporary officers. The aspirant must have been previously élève officier (Officer Cadet). He can afterwards be commissioned as a sous-lieutenant or enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe. His insignia is a single curl of gold lace, disrupted by "flashes" of wool. It was widely used during both World Wars for providing young educated people with an officer's authority.

Portuguese Armed Forces

Aspirante-a-oficial is the first rank in the officer corps, coming below Alferes in the army and air force and Guarda-Marinha (Naval School graduates) or Sub-tenente (temporary officers graduated from civilian universities) in the navy.

Romanian Navy

In the Romanian Navy, Aspirant is the lowest commissioned rank, equivalent to the rank of Ensign.

Other uses

An aspirant is also an alternate title for a kandidat for doctoral education candidates in the post Soviet-states.

The term is also used in reference to religious vocations as one who is discerning the religious life.

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