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suppliant

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) suppliant (noun)
  2. 2) suppliant (adjective)

1sup·pli·ant

noun \-ənt\

Definition of SUPPLIANT

: supplicant
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Examples of SUPPLIANT

  1. <didn't like being in the position of a suppliant, having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment>

Origin of SUPPLIANT

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of supplier to supplicate, from Latin supplicare
First Known Use: 15th century

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