EXPECTANT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.)

2.
a.

waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

3.
n.

One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

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