supplicants

plural of supplicant
as in suppliants
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors

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Recent Examples of supplicants At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader. Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Supplicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicants. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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