Would be definitions

Would-be

1) Aspiring 2) Potential 3) Pretender 4) Status-seeking person
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/would-be

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Would-be

• (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/would-be/

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Would-be

Would'-be` adjective Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/52

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