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supplicant definition
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This page has 4 definitions of supplicant in English and Latin. Supplicant is an adjective, noun and verb. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English supplicant definition
Etymology
From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant
Adjective
supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)
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Noun
supplicant (plural supplicants)
- one who comes to humbly ask or petition
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 185:
- (networking) A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.
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Latin supplicant definition
Verb
supplicant