as in supplicant
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
didn't like being in the position of a suppliant, having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment
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as in prayerful
asking humbly
the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance
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Recent Examples of suppliant
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
16 June 2021
William pays price for grabbing The reaction of the male to his suppliants varies.
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National Geographic,
17 Apr. 2019
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Furious at their alma maters’ embrace of DEI, suppression of free speech, hot-housing antisemitic bigotry, and so much more, college alumni are increasingly organizing and publicly challenging the administrations and suppliant boards of America’s leading universities.
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Jack Fowler,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.
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Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
16 June 2021
William pays price for grabbing The reaction of the male to his suppliants varies.
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National Geographic,
17 Apr. 2019
Adjective
Both are comfortable, however, with a weakened Iran that does their bidding, offers better deals, and becomes a more suppliant instrument of their regional ambitions.
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Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Furious at their alma maters’ embrace of DEI, suppression of free speech, hot-housing antisemitic bigotry, and so much more, college alumni are increasingly organizing and publicly challenging the administrations and suppliant boards of America’s leading universities.
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Jack Fowler,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppliant
Noun
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Being a gent or a supplicant wasn’t the same as being a fool, though.
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Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
Adjective
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Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo performed a prayerful ceremony traditional before a hunt.
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That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
Noun
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.
Noun
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The petitioner, who lost in the lower court, tries to convince the justices that the lower court made some sort of legal error that should be reversed.
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The petitioners argued that Kenya’s healthcare system is already overstretched and may be unable to manage foreign Ebola patients safely.
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There are also entertaining recollections of how Cameron joined the band (after Thayil saved him from a Scientologist solicitor) and how Shepherd was especially coveted by Cornell because the bassist was from Bainbridge, Washington, just like Cornell’s beloved roommate Andy Wood.
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Review your shareholder agreement with a corporate solicitor.
Noun
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This is the only option available if a requester wants an autopsy report that was produced during the current calendar year.
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In Lexington, a school employee was caught discussing whether production costs could be inflated in hopes that a requester would give up.
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“Suppliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppliant. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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