| Supplicant 1. (n.) One who asks submissively and earnestly; one who entreats. 2. (n.) One who supplicates; a suppliant. Thesaurus Entries appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beggar, begging, beseecher, beseeching, entreating, imploring, importunate, mendicant, petitioner, plaintiff, pleader, prayer, praying, solicitous, suitor, suppliant, supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory |