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ap·pli·cant

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–noun

a person who applies for or requests something; a candidate: an applicant for a position.

[Origin: 1475–85; < L applicant- (s. of applicāns applying, prp. of applicāre). See apply, -ant

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ap·pli·cant Audio Help (āp'lĭ-kənt) Pronunciation Key
n. One that applies, as for a job.

[Middle English, from Latin applicāns, present participle of applicāre, to affix; see apply.]

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applicant
noun
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

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ˈapplicant [ˈӕpli-] noun

a person who applies (for a job etc)
Example: There were two hundred applicants for the job.

Arabic:	مُقَدِّم الطَّلَب
Chinese (Simplified):	申请人
Chinese (Traditional):	申請人
Czech:	uchazeč, žadatel
Danish:	ansøger
Dutch:	sollicitant
Estonian:	taotleja
Finnish:	hakija
French:	candidat, *-ate
German:	der, *die Bewerber(in)
Greek:	αιτών
Hungarian:	pályázó
Icelandic:	umsækjandi
Indonesian:	pelamar
Italian:	candidato

Japanese:	応募者
Korean:	신청자
Latvian:	pretendents; kandidāts
Lithuanian:	kandidatas, pretendentas
Norwegian:	søker
Polish:	kandydat
Portuguese (Brazil):	candidato
Portuguese (Portugal):	candidato
Romanian:	candidat
Russian:	претендент
Slovak:	žiadateľ, -ka, uchádzač, -ka
Slovenian:	prosilec, kandidat
Spanish:	solicitante, candidato, aspirante
Swedish:	sökande
Turkish:	başvuran kimse