expectant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by eager anticipation
    anticipant; anticipative.
    • an expectant hush
  2. adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; enceinte; large.
    • was big with child
    • was great with child

WordNet

Ex*pect"ant adjective
Etymology
L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.
Definitions
  1. Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
Ex*pect"ant noun
Definitions
  1. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
    An expectant of future glory. South.
    Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

Webster 1913