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The Scarlet Pimpernel vocabulary
143 vocabulary words, including people, places, music, artists, etc.
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suppliant
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► definition
Definition:someone who begs for mercy / pleads for forgiveness, etc.
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Uses:
Mr. Wemmick and I parted at the office in Little Britain, where suppliants for Mr. Jaggers's notice were lingering about as usual,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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The tax-collector seemed to be listening with wide-open eyes, as if he did not understand. She went on in a tender, suppliant manner.Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.
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