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supplicant

[suhp-li-kuhnt] / ˈsʌp lɪ kənt /
NOUN
humble person
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This time, therefore, it was the Russian leader who came to China's capital as the supplicant.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2022

She returns to them here like a supplicant at her prayer book: begging to understand them even just a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

These people, after all, were used to getting rare glimpses of him, yet suddenly he was approaching them as a supplicant.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021

Another supplicant wanted a piece of the lottery winnings to get her driveway paved.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

But the Gods have other things to do: they cannot attend to the pleas of every supplicant who dares to raise his cares to heaven.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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