ambitionistn.
/amˈbɪʃn̩ɪst/, /amˈbɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /æmˈbɪʃənəst/ A person who is ruled by ambition; a highly ambitious person.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] > ambitious person
ambitious?a1439
pursuiter1542
pursuer1587
would-be1607
climbera1616
ambitionist1625
consequent1654
sky-flyer1873
wannabe1976
1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 174 The Ambitionist, when hee casts his eye from the top of his vsurped honours, vpon that dreadful downefall.
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Esther v. 5 Cæsar Borgia, that restless ambitionist.
1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 305 Napoleon..became a selfish ambitionist and quack.
1891 Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi) 12 Aug. In this day of small politicians and pigmy ambitionists.
1937 Pop. Mech. May 49/3 Ambitionists: Let me help you acquire that spark and drive all topnotchers possess.
1962 Port Arthur (Texas) News 4 Feb. 13 d David Jansen..is cast as a basketball coach, a ruthless ambitionist, intent only upon winning a reputation for a college coaching post.
2005 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Feb. 30 The undisciplined, self-seeking ambitionists who have torn apart the Conservatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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