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Webster 1913 Edition

Supplicant

Sup′pli-cant

,
Adj.
[L.
supplicans
, p. pr. See
Supplicate
, and cf.
Suppliant
.]
Entreating; asking submissively.
Shak.
–
Sup′pli-cant-ly
,
adv.

Sup′pli-cant

,
Noun.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise
supplicant
. . . left the event to God.
Rogers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supplicant

SUP'PLICANT

,
Adj.
[L. supplicans.] Entreating; asking submissively.

SUP'PLICANT

,
Noun.
One that entreats; a petitioner who asks earnestly and submissively.
The wise supplicant--left the event to God.

Definition 2024

supplicant

supplicant

English

Adjective

supplicant ‎(comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)

  1. begging, pleading, supplicating

Translations

Noun

supplicant ‎(plural supplicants)

  1. one who comes to humbly ask or petition

Related terms

Latin

Verb

supplicant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of supplicō

Etymology

Latin supplicans, "supplicating, bowing down" from supplico "kneel, bow down, request", from sub- "lower" + plico "fold".

Pronunciation

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