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Definition of: expectant
(ik·spek′tənt) adjective
1. Waiting or looking forward in expectation.
2. Awaiting the birth of a child: an expectant mother.
—noun One who is anticipating confidently. [<OF <L ex(s)pectans, -antis, ppr. of ex(s)pectare. See EXPECT.]
—ex·pec′tant·ly adverb
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