SUPPLICANT

suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory

(adjective) humbly entreating; “a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness”

petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester

(noun) one praying humbly for something; “a suppliant for her favors”

prayer, supplicant

(noun) someone who prays to God

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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

Adjective

supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)

begging, pleading, supplicating

Noun

supplicant (plural supplicants)

one who comes to humbly ask or petition

(networking) A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sup"pli*cant, a. Etym: [L. supplicans, p.pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.]

Definition: Entreating; asking submissively. Shak.

– Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.

Sup"pli*cant, n.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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