• would-be

    [ woo d-bee ]
    / ˈwʊdˌbi /

    adjective

    wishing or pretending to be: a would-be wit.
    intended to be: a would-be kindness.

    noun

    a person who wishes or pretends to be something: Opera singers and would-bes should practice at least four hours a day.

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    Origin of would-be

    1250–1300; Middle English (adj.)
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    British Dictionary definitions for would-be

    would-be

    adjective (prenominal)

    usually derogatory wanting or professing to bea would-be politician
    intended to bewould-be generosity

    noun

    derogatory a person who wants or professes to be something that he is not
    Indian the person to whom one is is engaged to be married; fiancé or fiancée
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