Suppliant

suppliant
    adj 1: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking
           forgiveness" [syn: {suppliant}, {supplicant},
           {supplicatory}]
    n 1: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
         favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {suppliant}, {supplicant},
         {requester}]
    

Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
   L. supplicare. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Supplicant}.]
   1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
      supplicating.
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            The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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            To bow and sue for grace
            With suppliant knee.                  --Milton.
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   Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
        imploring.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sup"pli*ant*ly}, adv. --
        {Sup"pli*ant*ness}, n.
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Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, n.
   One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats
   submissively.
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         Hear thy suppliant's prayer.             --Dryden.
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "suppliant":
      adorant, adorer, adoring, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman,
      beggar, begging, bidder, cadging, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer,
      churchgoer, claimant, communicant, congregation, daily communicant,
      devotional, devout, evangelist, idolater, imploring, in the dust,
      mendicant, mooching, on bended knee, petitionary, petitioner,
      postulant, prayer, prayerful, precative, precatory,
      prostrate before, reverent, reverential, revivalist, scrounging,
      seeker, solemn, solicitant, solicitor, suitor, supplicant,
      supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory, venerational, venerative,
      venerator, votary, worshiper, worshipful, worshiping