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solicitant, n. and a.|səˈlɪsɪtənt|
[ad. L. sōl-, sollicitant-, pres. pple. stem of sollicitāre solicit v.]
A. n. One who solicits or requests earnestly.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 603 To..beg his vote and interest in favour of the solicitant or his friend. 1821New Monthly Mag. II. 598 The sight of an English carriage..drew half a dozen fresh solicitants. 1881Academy 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.
1886Daily Telegr. 8 Jan. (Cassell), The unemployed labour that is chronically solicitant of a job. 1897Walsh Hist. Oxford Movement iv. (1898) 118 The Bulls of the Popes themselves against solicitant priests. |