Striver

noun

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Noun

1
One who strives.
"I am angered not only by such bloodsucking selective memory, but also at another example of how gay "respectability"-strivers try to distance themselves from the nonconformists and fringe members of our movement."
2
someone who works as hard as a slave wordnet

Synonyms

hard worker slave slave

Example

"He was a fighter and a striver."

Etymology

From strive + -er.

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