'Suppliant' definitions:
Definition of 'suppliant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory]
noun
One praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester]
Definition of 'Suppliant'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. [1913 Webster]
- To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. [1913 Webster] -- {Sup"pli*ant*ly}, adv. -- {Sup"pli*ant*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suppliant'
From: GCIDE
- Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. [1913 Webster]
- Hear thy suppliant's prayer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suppliant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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