Definition of SUPPLICANT

supplicant

Meanings

Plural: supplicants

Noun

  • someone who prays to God
  • one praying humbly for something
  • one who comes to humbly ask or petition
  • A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Adjective Satellite

  • humbly entreating

Adj

  • begging, pleading, supplicating

Origin / Etymology

From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).

Scrabble Score: 16

supplicant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
supplicant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
supplicant is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

supplicant is a valid Words With Friends word