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a person who wishes or pretends to be something: Opera singers and would-bes should practice at least four hours a day.
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Would-be
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So is gobo. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (adj.)
1250–1300; Middle English (adj.)
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| would-be | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | derogatory usually wanting or professing to be: a would-be politician |
| 2. | intended to be: would-be generosity |
| —n | |
| 3. | derogatory a person who wants or professes to be something that he is not |
| 4. | (Indian) the person to whom one is is engaged to be married; fiancé or fiancée |
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