Adjective supplicant has 1 sense
  1. suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
    Antonym: imperative (indirect, via beseeching)
,Noun supplicant has 2 senses
  1. prayer, supplicant - someone who prays to God
    --1 is a kind of religionist, religious person
    --1 has particulars: beadsman, bedesman
  2. petitioner, suppliant, supplicant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
    --2 is a kind of applicant, applier
    --2 has particulars: besieger; postulant; solicitor, canvasser
    Derived form: verb supplicate1
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