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 But one student—Frederick, the petitioner—did not comply and was suspended for 10 days. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 The request must list the precincts the petitioner wishes to have recounted and include a payment of $10 per precinct. Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 Paid petitioners Were the recall petition drive left to volunteers alone, many more months might pass before the organic effort could reach the threshold needed to put White’s removal up for a vote. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025 Thousands of individuals have signed an online petition urging the revocation of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his involvement in the Trump administration, which the petitioners argue undermines Canada’s sovereignty. Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for petitioner
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Noun
  • Episode 1 chronicles the arrest of Jamie at his family’s home, his transport to the police station, his meeting with a public solicitor and interrogation by the detectives, while Episode 2 finds Luke and Misha questioning seeking information at Jaime’s school.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Cuff founded Cuff Roberts, another solicitors’ firm, in 1894.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Through reflection, Marvin realized that his default yes wasn’t always fair to himself, to his team or even to the requester.
    Diana Lowe, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Then, that forwarder consults the PIT at each node to follow the reverse path back to the original requester.
    Glenn Edens, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2017
Noun
  • The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
    Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
  • All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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
  • Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.
    Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021

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“Petitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioner. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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