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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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