suppliant
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noun \-ənt\Definition of SUPPLIANT
See Examples of SUPPLIANT
- <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
Related to SUPPLIANT
- Synonyms
- petitioner, pleader, solicitor, suitor, supplicant
2suppliant
adjectiveDefinition of SUPPLIANT
1
: humbly imploring : entreating <a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness — O. J. Baab>
2
: expressing supplication <upraised to the heavens…suppliant arms — William Styron>
— sup·pli·ant·ly adverb
Examples of SUPPLIANT
- <the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance>
Origin of SUPPLIANT
Middle French, present participle
First Known Use: circa 1567
Related to SUPPLIANT
- Synonyms
- beseeching, entreating, imploring, pleading, prayerful, soliciting, supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory
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