supplicant – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
supplicant
n.
one who earnestly requests, petitioner, one who humbly entreats
Supplicant
A
Supplicant, one who
supplicates, is a term applied to humble petitioners, and in particular to
University of Oxford students who have qualified but not yet been admitted into their degree.
supplicant
Noun
1. someone who prays to God
(synonym) prayer
(hypernym) religionist, religious person
(hyponym) beadsman, bedesman
2. one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
(synonym) petitioner, suppliant
(hypernym) applicant, applier
(hyponym) besieger
(derivation) supplicate
Adjective
1. humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
(synonym) suppliant, supplicatory
(similar) beseeching
Supplicant
(n.)
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
(a.)
Entreating; asking submissively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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supplicant
Synonyms and related words:
appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beggar, begging, beseecher, beseeching, entreating, imploring, importunate, mendicant, petitioner, plaintiff, pleader, prayer, praying, solicitous, suitor, suppliant, supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
