Definition of supplicant Supplicant
/sʌˈplʌkʌnt/ - [suplukunt] - sup•pli•cant
We found 9 definitions of supplicant from 5 different sources.
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What does supplicant mean?
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| supplicant - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" | ||
| suppliant, supplicatory | ||
| beseeching, imploring, pleading begging | ||
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| supplicant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" | ||
| petitioner, suppliant, requester | ||
| applicant, applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | ||
| besieger an enemy who lays siege to your position | ||
| postulant one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | ||
| supplicant - someone who prays to God | ||
| prayer | ||
| religious person a person who manifests devotion to a deity | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- supplicant (a.)
Entreating; asking submissively. - supplicant (n.)
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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supplicant
sup′li-kant, adj. supplicating: asking submissively.—n. one who supplicates or entreats earnestly.—adv. Supp′licantly. [L. supplicans, pr.p. of supplicāre.]
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🔤- supplicant, noun, singular of supplicants.
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