sup·pli·cant /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
Sup·pli·cant a. Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- Sup*pli*cant*ly, adv.
Sup·pli·cant, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. --Rogers.
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supplicant
adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
[syn: suppliant, supplicatory]
n 1: someone who prays to God [syn: prayer]
2: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant]