[noun] [C] [formal or literary]A supplicant is a person who asks esp. a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in an anxious way that shows that they do not think that they are very important.In the otherwise empty church, a solitary supplicant knelt before the altar.Supplicants for mercy were brought before the king.
SUPPLICANT
Meaning of SUPPLICANT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012