Supplicant Definition

sŭplĭ-kənt
supplicants
noun
supplicants
A person who supplicates; suppliant.
Webster's New World

One who comes to humbly ask or petition.

Wiktionary
adjective
Supplicating.
American Heritage
That supplicates; supplicating.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Supplicant

Noun

Singular:
supplicant
Plural:
supplicants

Origin of Supplicant

  • From Latin supplicāns supplicant- present participle of supplicāre to kneel down supplicate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin supplicans, "supplicating, bowing down" from supplico "kneel, bow down, request", from sub- "lower" + plico "fold".

    From Wiktionary

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