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Suppliant

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Noun

1. petitioner, requester, suppliant, supplicant

one praying humbly for something

Example Sentences:
'a suppliant for her favors'

Adjective

2. suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory

humbly entreating

Example Sentences:
'a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Suppliant

see synonyms of suppliant
adjective
1. 
expressing entreaty or supplication
noun, adjective
2.  another word for supplicant

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Suppliant

see synonyms of suppliant
noun
1. 
a person who supplicates; petitioner
adjective
2. 
asking humbly; supplicating; entreating
3. 
expressing supplication
suppliant words

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Suppliant

see synonyms of suppliant
adj.
Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.
n.
A supplicant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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