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wan⋅na⋅be

  [won-uh-bee, waw-nuh‑]
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–noun, plural -bes. Informal.
one who aspires, often vainly, to emulate another's success or attain eminence in some area.
Origin:
1980–85; der. of (I) wanna be…
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wan·na·be also wan·na·bee   (wŏn'ə-bē', wôn'-)   
n.  

  1. One who aspires to a role or position.

  2. One who imitates the behavior, customs, or dress of an admired person or group.

  3. A product designed to imitate the qualities or characteristics of something.

adj.  Wishing or aspiring to be; would-be.

[Alteration of want to be.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
wannabe [ˈwɑnə bi]

and wanna be
  1. n.
    someone who wants to be something or someone. (Associated with Madonna, the singer.) : All these teenyboppers are wannabes, and that's why we can sell this stuff to them at any price.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wannabe 
1981, originally Amer.Eng. surfer slang, from casual pronunciation of want to be; popularized c.1984 in reference to female fans of pop singer Madonna.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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