applicant

[ ap-li-kuhnt ]
See synonyms for applicant on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a person who applies for or requests something; a candidate: an applicant for a position.

Origin of applicant

1
First recorded in 1475–85, applicant is from the Latin word applicant- (stem of applicāns applying, present participle of applicāre). See apply, -ant

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use applicant in a sentence

  • In the third Act we return to Mabel's flat and resume her interviews with the applicants for her hand.

  • Instead of confining their action to actual applicants for help, they had to search out cases of nuisance or dangerous disease.

  • In the outer offices a line of anxious applicants was being disposed of by his trained assistants.

    Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • No violent solution was needed, as several applicants came forward when Nelson's wish was known.

    The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
  • Before the day of opening we had thirty-two insistent applicants and wanted very much to receive them all.

    Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. Nelson

British Dictionary definitions for applicant

applicant

/ (ˈæplɪkənt) /


noun
  1. a person who applies, as for a job, grant, support, etc; candidate

Origin of applicant

1
C15: from Latin applicāns, from applicāre to apply

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012