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ambitionist

ambitionist noun: someone extremely ambitious.

Noun

ambitionist (plural ambitionists)

  1. Someone extremely ambitious.
    • Ambitionists want to play at the highest sporting levels to achieve their dreams of a stellar professional career.2020, Joseph S. Chen, Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

Forms of ambitionist

pluralambitionists

Origin of ambitionist

From ambition + -ist.

Questions about ambitionist

What does ambitionist mean?
Ambitionist means someone extremely ambitious.
What part of speech is ambitionist?
Ambitionist is a noun.
What is the plural of ambitionist?
The plural of ambitionist is ambitionists.

Words near ambitionist in the dictionary

  1. ambitionated
  2. ambitionates
  3. ambitionating
  4. ambitioned
  5. ambitioning
  6. ambitionist
  7. ambitionists
  8. ambitionize
  9. ambitionized
  10. ambitionizes
  11. ambitionizing

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