postulant
/ˈpɒstjʊlənt/noun
postulant is a noun meaning “A person seeking admission to a religious order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-A-N-T, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of postulant is postulants.
What does postulant mean?
noun
- 1
A person seeking admission to a religious order.
- 2
A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce postulant?
- UK /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/
- UK /ˈpɒstʃʊlənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-postulant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of postulant
- postulants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is postulant?
Postulant appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does postulant come from?
From French postulant, present participle of postuler.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).