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• n  one praying humbly for something
  a suppliant for her favors
• s  humbly entreating
  a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness

• THE LADY FROM THE SEAby HENRIK IBSENAt a time when women were perceived as gentle suppliant chattels, Ibsen was probing the feminine psyche in depth.
• From the moment his plane touched down at Nice airport last week, Morocco's ex-Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef made clear he was not returning as a suppliant, grateful to be .
• But he always seemed suppliant to Hollywood, as if he were trying to be cool by association, never quite escaping the nerd from Arkansas within.

• petitioner
• supplicant
• requester
• supplicatory