supplicant

Etymology
From, from supplicō, from + plicō.

Adjective

 * 1) begging, pleading, supplicating

Noun

 * 1) one who comes to humbly ask or petition
 * 2)  A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.
 * 1)  A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.