Bible Dictionaries
Expectant

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Waiting in expectation; looking for

(2):

(a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

(3):

(n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expectant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/expectant.html. 1828.