different between postulant vs pustulant

English

Etymology

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?stj?l?nt/, /?p?st??l?nt/

Noun

postulant (plural postulants)

1. (Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order
2. A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1254:

     But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

Anagrams

• outplants

Catalan

Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postular

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French postulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.ty?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?lant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanten)

1. (religion) postulant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.ty.l??/

Noun

postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)

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Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postuler

Latin

Verb

postulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of postul?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??stu.lant/

Noun

postulant m pers (feminine postulantka)

1. (religion) postulant

Declension

Further reading

• postulant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French postulant.

Noun

postulant m (plural postulan?i)

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Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb).

Adjective

pustulant (comparative more pustulant, superlative most pustulant)

1. (medicine) Producing pustules.

Noun

pustulant (plural pustulants)

1. (medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.

   Croton oil is a pustulant.