Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Supplicant /sŭp'-lək-ənt/ · Sup·pli·cant · IPA /ˈsʌplɪkənt/ a. n. 01 a. Entreating; asking submissively. 1. Entreating; asking submissively. 02 n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. 1. One who supplicates; a suppliant. “The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.” — Rogers.