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ambitionist rare.|æmˈbɪʃənɪst| [f. ambition n. + -ist.] One who is ruled by ambition.
1655Trapp Marrow of Auth. (1868) 812/1 Oh, therefore that our aspiring ambitionists would but measure themselves by their own model. 1657― Comm. Esther v. 5 Cæsar Borgia, that restless ambitionist. 1827Carlyle Misc. (1857) IV. 146 (D.) Napoleon..became a selfish ambitionist and quack. |