[sup.pli.ant] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. prp. of supplier to supplicate, fr. L supplicare] (15c): one who supplicates
[2]suppliant adj [MF, prp.] (ca. 1586) 1: humbly imploring: entreating "a ~ sinner seeking forgiveness --O. J. Baab"
2: expressing supplication "upraised to the heavens ... ~ arms --William Styron" -- sup.pli.ant.ly adv