entrant

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: en=trant

CIDE DICTIONARY

entrant, n. [See Entrance, n.].

•  One who enters; a beginner.  Bp. Terrot.  [1913 Webster]
•  An applicant for admission.  Stormonth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

entrant, n. a person who enters (esp. an examination, profession, etc.).

Etymology

F, part. of entrer: see ENTER

THESAURUS

entrant

abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, arrival, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, comer, competitor, contender, contestant, corrival, deb, debutant, emulator, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, inductee, infant, initiate, intruder, learner, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, player, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rival, rookie, settler, tenderfoot, the field, trainee, tyro, vier, visitant, visitor