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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, adjective [L. supplicans, p. pr. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.] Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adverb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, noun One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. --Rogers.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
supplicant
adjective: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: {suppliant}, {supplicatory}]
noun
1: someone who prays to God [syn: {prayer}]
2: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {suppliant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplicant": appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beggar, begging, beseecher, beseeching, entreating, imploring, importunate, mendicant, petitioner, plaintiff, pleader, prayer, praying, solicitous, suitor, suppliant, supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory
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