Word Study
entrant
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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, visitorFor further exploring for "entrant" in Webster Dictionary Online