supplicant

[ suhp-li-kuhnt ]

adjective

1. supplicating.

noun

1. a suppliant.

supplicant

/ ˈsʌplɪkənt /

noun

1. a person who supplicates

adjective

1. entreating humbly; supplicating

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplicant¹

1590–1600; < Latin supplicant- (stem of supplicāns ), present participle of supplicāre to supplicate; -ant; doublet of suppliant

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplicant¹

C16: from Latin supplicāns beseeching; see supple

Example Sentences

Another supplicant wanted a piece of the lottery winnings to get her driveway paved.

From Washington Post

The idea that Facebook should be a supplicant to anybody is absurd.

From The Daily Beast

Be this as it may, no supplicant—friend, acquaintance or stranger—was allowed to gain access to the President.

From Project Gutenberg

My guardian threw his supplicant off with supreme indifference, and left him dancing on the pavement as if it were red hot.

From Project Gutenberg

The eye of God is now upon him, and He can minister to the supplicant.

From Project Gutenberg

These evils I deserve, yet despair not of his final pardon whose ear is ever open, and his eye gracious to readmit the supplicant.

From Project Gutenberg

There were tears, too, in the blue eyes of Kate as she took the little supplicant in her arms.

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