1
freak
1
handshaker
1
hankerer
1
hankering(adjective, hopeful, aspiring)
1
hoper
1
hunter
1
irrepressible optimist
1
job
1
job-hunter
1
lame duck
1
litigant(noun, match, opposition, rival, opponent)
1
lobbyist(noun, government, supplicant, requester)
1
long shot(expression, idiom, government)
1
manque
1
match(noun, opposition, rival, opponent, enemy)
1
member(competitor, participant, candidate, contender)
1
mendicant(noun, petitioner, supplicant)
1
millenarian
1
millennialist
1
millennian
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