" suppliant "

[Noun]  | "sup*pli*ant" | \ ˈsə-plē-ənt \

1: supplicant

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English suppliaunt, suppliant "person making an appeal, petitioner at law," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative from supliant, suppliant, present participle of sopploier, supplier "to bow down, submit, besee:ch, petition" (continental Old French sopleier), going back to Latin supplicāre "to see:k the goodwill (of a person wronged) with peace offerings, {see: |supplicate|supplicate}";

[Adjective]  | "suppliant" 

1: humbly imploring : entreating

2: expressing supplication

Origin: 1550 ;

 Borrowed from Anglo-French supliant "humbly submissive" & Middle French suppliant "supplicating," from present participle of supplier "to besee:ch" {mat|suppliant:1|};

[Noun]  | "suppliant" 

[Adjective]  | "suppliant"