suppliant
[suhp-lee-uh nt]
- a person who supplicates; petitioner.
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- supplicating.
- expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc.
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Origin of suppliant
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, present participle of supplier < Latin supplicāre to beseech, supplicate. See -ant
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Examples from the Web for suppliant
Historical Examples
Here was the man whom she hated, suppliant before her to know the truth.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
She not only assumed the attitude, but felt the spirit of a suppliant.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
The waxen image is at its feet, as a suppliant, and awaiting only death.
The Phantom WorldAugustin Calmet
To go a suppliant to that pious icicle my mother were worse than useless.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
The suppliant raised his head, and his fingers relaxed their hold.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
suppliant
- expressing entreaty or supplication
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Word Origin
C15: from French supplier to beseech, from Latin supplicāre to kneel in entreaty; see supple
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Word Origin and History for suppliant
n.
early 15c., "humble petitioner," from Middle French suppliant, originally present participle of supplier "to plead humbly, entreat, beg, pray," from Latin supplicare "beg, beseech" (see supplication).
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