solicitantn.adj.
/səˈlɪsɪtənt/ A. n.
One who solicits or requests earnestly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who petitions or appeals
beseecher1382
petitioner1414
suitor1414
orator1417
suppliantc1422
supplicant1475
soliciter1536
solicitor1551
oratricle1574
pleader1584
supplicationer1585
beggar1589
incaller?1591
supplicator1593
petitor1596
beadsman1600
impetrator1605
implorer1611
imploratora1616
replicant1622
invokera1649
prostrate1648
deprecator1656
appellant1704
memorialist1706
applicationer1710
postulant1733
invocant1751
solicitant1821
petitionist1822
memorializer1859
1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 598 The sight of an English carriage..drew half a dozen fresh solicitants.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. x. 603 To..beg his vote and interest in favour of the solicitant or his friend.
1881 Academy No. 459. 127 That wider circle to whom he was only known as a solicitant..for contributions to the paper.
B. adj.
That solicits or begs earnestly; making petition or request.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning
askingOE
petitor1453
supplicatoryc1475
suppliant1550
entreating1566
placitatory1569
petitory1576
supplicant1577
suing1581
pleading1594
entreatful1596
conjuring1597
entreative1598
supplicative1601
petitionary1604
precatory1610
supplicating1612
petitioning1615
postulatorya1631
eucticala1638
obsecratory1645
placitory1651
imploring1655
precative1662
beseeching1704
obsecrationary1829
imploratory1832
suppliant-like1837
solicitive1865
solicitant1886
1886 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. (Cassell) The unemployed labour that is chronically solicitant of a job.
1897 W. Walsh Secret Hist. Oxf. Movement iv. 118 The Bulls of the Popes themselves against solicitant priests.
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