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supplicant

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, supplicant means begging, pleading, supplicating. As a noun, it means one who comes to humbly ask or petition.

Meanings of supplicant

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Begging, pleading, supplicating

  2. Humbly entreating

    “a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness”

    Similar: suppliant, supplicatory

noun

  1. One who comes to humbly ask or petition

  2. networkingA device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

  3. Someone who prays to Godperson

    Similar: prayer

  4. One praying humbly for somethingperson

    “a suppliant for her favors”

    Similar: petitioner, suppliant, requester

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: humbly entreating
suppliantsupplicatory
noun: someone who prays to God
prayer
noun: one praying humbly for something
petitionersuppliantrequester

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