Suppliant

a.	1.	Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. - Dryden.
	2.	Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. - Milton.
n.	1.	One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. Hear thy suppliant's prayer. - Dryden.

Noun	1.	suppliant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" Synonyms: petitioner, supplicant
Adj.	1.	suppliant - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" Synonyms: supplicant, supplicatory

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