suppliant
noun
1 suppliant
One praying humbly for something:
— A suppliant for her favors.
synonyms: petitioner, requester, supplicant.
Roget 767: petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; ... show more
Dutch: adressant, rekestrant, rekwestrant, verzoeker
adjective
1 suppliant
Humbly entreating:
— A suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness.
synonyms: supplicant, supplicatory.
Roget 765: requesting etc. v.; precatory†; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory†. importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; ... show more
Moby thesaurus: adorant, adorer, adoring, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman, beggar, begging, bidder, cadging, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer, churchgoer, claimant, communicant, congregation, daily communicant, devotional ... show more.
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