Definition of "striver" []

• One who strives. (noun)

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• "The novel is exhaustive by nature; but the world is inexhaustible; therefore the novel, that Faustian striver, can never attain its desire."
• "Butler was better than the average fifth-seeded mid-major striver."
• "Trip Masefield is a bond trader at an investment bank, the sort of young urban professional or“YUPPIE” usually derided as a self-centered striver, unconcerned with making the world a better place."