Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suppliant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, n.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats
submissively.
Hear thy suppliant's prayer. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
--Dryden.
2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee.
--Milton.
Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring. -- {Sup"pli*ant*ly}, adv. --
{Sup"pli*ant*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suppliant
adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
[syn: {supplicant}, {supplicatory}]
n : one praying humbly for something: "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {supplicant}]
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