'Postulant' definitions:
Definition of 'postulant'
(from WordNet)
noun
One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
Definition of 'Postulant'
From: GCIDE
- Postulant \Pos"tu*lant\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. postulans, p. pr. of postulare. See Postulate.] One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'postulant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbess,
- abecedarian,
- alphabetarian,
- applicant,
- apprentice,
- articled clerk,
- aspirant,
- beginner,
- bidder,
- boot,
- candidate,
- canoness,
- catechumen,
- claimant,
- clergywoman,
- conventual,
- debutant,
- entrant,
- fledgling,
- freshman,
- greenhorn,
- ignoramus,
- inductee,
- initiate,
- lady superior,
- mother superior,
- neophyte,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novice,
- novitiate,
- nun,
- petitioner,
- prioress,
- probationer,
- probationist,
- raw recruit,
- recruit,
- religieuse,
- rookie,
- secular canoness,
- seeker,
- sister,
- solicitant,
- solicitor,
- suitor,
- superioress,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- tenderfoot,
- the reverend mother,
- tyro