applicant
a person who applies for or requests something; a candidate: an applicant for a position.
Origin of applicant
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use applicant in a sentence
The commissioner—no idea how or whether applicants were screened for racial biases.
Female applicants at the Texas Roadhouse in Columbus, Ohio had to meet some very high standards.
Waitressing Is One of the Worst Jobs for Sexual Harassment | Brandy Zadrozny | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTApplicants must have submitted all of their documents by this date.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas | Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe serves as an ambassador, meeting with applicants to the program as well as young entrepreneurial founders.
The 'Mayor of the Internet' Fights the Good Fight | Gideon Resnick | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly about one-third of the applicants who apply are accepted into the program run by the Korean government.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students | Nick Willard | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbIn the outer offices a line of anxious applicants was being disposed of by his trained assistants.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsNo 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) MahanBefore 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
/ (ˈæplɪkənt) /
a person who applies, as for a job, grant, support, etc; candidate
Origin of applicant
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse