[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

entrant \en"trant\, n. see entrance, n.
   1. one who enters; a beginner. "the entrant upon life." --bp.
      terrot.
      1913 webster

   2. an applicant for admission. --stormonth.
      1913 webster
see also:
entrance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

entrant
     n 1: a commodity that enters competition with established
          merchandise; "a well publicized entrant is the pocket
          computer"
     2: any new participant in some activity syn: newcomer, fledgling,
         fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie
     3: someone who enters; "new entrants to the country must go
        though immigration procedures"
     4: one who enters a competition
see also:
newcomer fledgling fledgeling starter neophyte freshman 
newbie 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "entrant":
   abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, arrival, articled clerk,
   baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, comer, competitor, contender,
   contestant, corrival, deb, debutant, emulator, fledgling, freshman,
   greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer,
   inductee, infant, initiate, intruder, learner, neophyte, nestling,
   new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, player, postulant,
   probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rival, rookie,
   settler, tenderfoot, the field, trainee, tyro, vier, visitant,
   visitor

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