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suppliant

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sup·pli·ant  (spl-nt)
adj.
Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.
n.
A supplicant.
[From Middle English, one who supplicates, from Old French, present participle of supplier, to entreat, from Latin supplicre; see supplicate.]
suppli·ance n.
suppli·ant·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suppliant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
petitioner, requester, supplicant
applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
besieger - an energetic petitioner
postulant - one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
canvasser, solicitor - a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
Adj.1.suppliant - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
supplicant, supplicatory
beseeching, imploring, pleading - begging


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Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, "I am a suppliant, and seek your aid.
Fables by Aesop View in context
As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
I went to my room and reread Joseph Alexeevich's letters and recalled my conversations with him, and deduced from it all that I ought not to refuse a suppliant, and ought to reach a helping hand to everyone- especially to one so closely bound to me- and that I must bear my cross.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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