supplicant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who prays to God
    prayer.
  2. noun one praying humbly for something
    requester; petitioner; suppliant.
    • a suppliant for her favors
  3. adjective satellite humbly entreating
    suppliant; supplicatory.
    • a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness

WordNet

Sup"pli*cant adjective
Etymology
L. supplicans, p.pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.
Definitions
  1. Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.
Sup"pli*cant noun
Definitions
  1. One who supplicates; a suppliant.
    The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. Rogers.

Webster 1913