[f. ASPIRE v. + -ER1.] One who aspires.
1584. Copie of Letter, 46. A troden path of al aspirers.
1597. Daniel, Civ. Wares, II. xv. Th’ aspirer once attaind unto the top, Cuts off those meanes by which himselfe got up.
1674. Burnet, Royal Martyr, Serm. (1710), 30. To satisfie the pretensions of all these lofty Aspirers.
1847. Eclec. Rev., XXVI. 210. The dreamy, irresolute aspirer.
