2 entries under this word

Supplicant

Sūp'pli-cant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. supplicans, p. pr. of supplicare. See SUPPLICATE.] Entreating; asking submissively. [Rare.] Bp. Bull.

noun

n. One who supplicates; a petitioner who asks earnestly and submissively.

The wise supplicant left the event to God. Rogers.