What is another word for "aspirant"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "aspirant": applicant, bagman, beggar, bidder, bum, cadger, candidate, canvasser, case, child, claimant, client, competitor, core, flower, hard, hobo, homeless, hotel, hunter, knight, mendicant, mumper, pauper, person, petitioner, place, poor, postulant, pot, poverty, prizer, road, runner, salesman, seeker, solicitor, sponger, steerer, stiff.