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supplicant

n.
US //ˈsəpɫəkənt// UK //sˈʌplɪkənt// sup·pli·cant
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Origin

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

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