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Noun: wannabe  'wó-nu,bee
Usage: informal
  1. An ambitious and aspiring young person
    "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes";
    - aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabee [informal]

Derived forms: wannabes

Type of: applicant, applier

Encyclopedia: Wannabe