Definition of suppliant
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Examples of suppliant in a Sentence
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 and Etymology of suppliant
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of supplier to supplicate, from Latin supplicare
First Known Use: 15th century
suppliant
Definition 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
suppliantly
adverbExamples of suppliant in a Sentence
the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance
Origin and Etymology of suppliant
Middle French, present participle
First Known Use: 1550
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