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| has gloss | (noun) one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" suppliant, petitioner, supplicant, requester |
| has gloss | eng: The term supplicant is used in the IEEE 802.1X standard, where the supplicant is an entity at one end of a point-to-point LAN segment that seeks to be authenticated by an authenticator attached to the other end of that link. In practice, a supplicant is a software application installed on an end-user's computer. The user invokes the supplicant and submits credentials to connect the computer to a secure network. If the authentication is successful, the authenticator typically allows the computer to connect to the network. |
| lexicalization | eng: petitioner |
| lexicalization | eng: requester |
| lexicalization | eng: suppliant |
| lexicalization | eng: supplicant |
| subclass of | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission applicant, applier |
| has subclass | (noun) one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order postulant |
| has subclass | (noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes canvasser, solicitor |
| has subclass | (noun) an energetic petitioner besieger |
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| similar | e/Supplicant (computer) |
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