Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See
   {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.]
   Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. --
   {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv.

Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n.
   One who supplicates; a suppliant.

         The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
                                                  --Rogers.

Source : WordNet®

supplicant
     adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
           [syn: {suppliant}, {supplicatory}]
     n 1: someone who prays to God [syn: {prayer}]
     2: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
        favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {suppliant}]