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    SUPPLICANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One praying humbly for somethingplay

    Example:

    a suppliant for her favors

    Synonyms:

    petitioner; requester; suppliant; supplicant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("supplicant" is a kind of...):

    applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supplicant"):

    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)

    Derivation:

    supplicate (ask humbly (for something))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Someone who prays to Godplay

    Synonyms:

    prayer; supplicant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("supplicant" is a kind of...):

    religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supplicant"):

    beadsman; bedesman (a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Humbly entreatingplay

    Example:

    a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness

    Synonyms:

    suppliant; supplicant; supplicatory

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    beseeching; imploring; pleading (begging)

    Derivation:

    supplicate (ask humbly (for something))

    supplicate (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer)

    supplicate (make a humble, earnest petition)

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