supplicant
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noun \ˈsə-pli-kənt\Definition of SUPPLICANT
: one who supplicates
See Examples of SUPPLICANT
- <the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors>
First Known Use of SUPPLICANT
1591
Related to SUPPLICANT
- Synonyms
- petitioner, pleader, solicitor, suitor, suppliant
2supplicant
adjectiveDefinition of SUPPLICANT
Examples of SUPPLICANT
- <hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters>
First Known Use of SUPPLICANT
1597
Related to SUPPLICANT
- Synonyms
- beseeching, entreating, imploring, pleading, prayerful, soliciting, suppliant, supplicating, supplicatory
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