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Answer for the clue "Job-seeking insect? ", 9 letters:
applicant
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Word definitions for applicant in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Applicant \Ap"pli*cant\, n. [L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply .] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. --Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. --Z. Swift.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who applies," late 15c., from Latin applicantem (nominative applicans ), present participle of applicare (see apply ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE mature ▪ You might find it interesting to consider the following jobs, which were advertised with mature applicants in mind. ▪ All graduate and mature applicants will be interviewed before an offer is made. ▪ Careers ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission [syn: applier ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Applicant is a dramatic sketch written by Harold Pinter . Originally written in 1959 and first published by Eyre Methuen in 1961, it was first broadcast on BBC Radio on the Third Programme "between February and March 1964," along with Pinter's other revue ...
Usage examples of applicant.
Two years later, the Senior Advisory Group, a group of senior black NSA employees, examined the barriers faced by African American applicants and employees in hiring, promotion, and career development.
At times so great is the number applying to avail themselves of the skill of our Faculty, and the advantages which our institution affords, that we are unable to receive all applicants.
This new applicant was the first to apprize him of this circumstance, and appeared extremely anxious to enter on immediate possession.
Auberge du Portail commenced operation, when there was an unfortunate incident involving a refused applicant.
She had some silly final idea that the poor man might now serve permanently to check the more dreaded applicant: a proof that her ordinary reflectiveness was blunted.
Showing none of the surprise that previous applicants had evidenced at the odd request, Miss Cherrystone picked up the volume and opened it.
No sooner did the Genevese permit a traveller to pass, than they commenced their private and particular examination, which was sufficiently fierce, for more than once had they threatened to turn back the trembling, ignorant applicant on mere suspicion.
In February 1956 Eisenhower did nothing when white mobs went on a rampage at the University of Alabama and chased black applicant Autherine Lucy out of town.
He laid down a completed application form of the type issued by the Surinamese Consulate and filled out by the applicant for a visa.
Nothing contrivable by human invention could be more formidably effective than that, in banishing imaginary ailments and in closing the entrances against subsequent applicants of their breed.
As the solemn ritual began, the immigration man asked each of the applicants routine questions about the Constitution and the President, then certified them as having completed satisfactorily their course of prescribed study.
New York, where a selected group of Navy and civilian types briefed him and seven other Navy applicants on how men of promise conducted themselves when applying for important assignments.
Among the successful applicants were names more august than his, if only because those names were allied to enormous fortunes.
In Dade County, one out of 15 applicants for a new concealed-weapons license has a felony arrest record.
Bob Martinez has proposed drug-testing for all first-time applicants for a Florida driver license.