(~s)
A ~ is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. (FORMAL)
He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere ~.
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(~s)
A ~ is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. (FORMAL)
He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere ~.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012