wannabe
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noun
- Someone who wishes to be or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.“Hollywood's restaurants are full of wannabe actors waiting to be discovered.”
- Someone who wishes to be part of, or to assimilate to, a majority group of which they are not a member.
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