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suppliant

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A person making a humble or earnest request.

The tale opens with a suppliant asking the ruler for mercy.

Dictionary practice example.

A suppliant arrived at the chamber carrying a carefully written personal appeal and asking earnestly for the weekly reading group to retain a meeting place.

From A Request Reaches the Council.

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