Thesaurus results for PETITIONER

petitioner

noun

pə-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər

Definition of petitioner

as in solicitor

one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners, all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity

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Recent Examples of petitioner Until recently in Louisiana’s Western District, petitioners had to formally deliver the lawsuit and summons to government defendants in person and through certified mail. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026 The petitioners, primarily represented by Adam Pauley, responded in filing a document requesting the board to strike the objections. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The criminal charges originated there, the motion argues, and the petitioner’s and respondent’s counsel have their offices in Moscow. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026 The petitioners — Anthony Hernandez, Mary Jo Adams Hermann and an anonymous parent — claim the Sacramento school violated Catholic canon law, the church’s system of laws governing its institutions and members. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for petitioner

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Noun

Mendonca was Bolsonaro's solicitor-general before reaching Brazil's top court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Solomon is a bail commissioner and assistant city solicitor in Warwick.

— Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of solicitor

Noun

These fees place autopsy reports out of reach for most requesters, including journalists and researchers like me.

— Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
One of their tactics was to charge record requesters not just for copying costs but for the time workers spent assembling the records.

— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of requester

Noun

And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.

— Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 June 2021