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
Nationwide, asylum status was granted to 497 petitioners in February out of 18,913 applications, a 2% success rate.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of having 20 days to get signatures from 5% of the total number of people registered to vote in the school district, the bill would give petitioners 40 days to collect signatures from either 5% of people who voted in the last school district election, or 50 voters, whichever is greater.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 25 Feb. 2026
If lawmakers don’t address the measures by then, petitioners must collect 12,429 more signatures and file them with the Secretary of State by July 1 to make it onto the Nov. 3 ballot.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In at least two instances, the government argued that cases should be transferred to Texas courts because a petitioner had been moved to a detention facility there.
—Maddy Varner, Wired News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of having 20 days to get signatures from 5% of the total number of people registered to vote in the school district, the bill would give petitioners 40 days to collect signatures from either 5% of people who voted in the last school district election, or 50 voters, whichever is greater.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 25 Feb. 2026
If lawmakers don’t address the measures by then, petitioners must collect 12,429 more signatures and file them with the Secretary of State by July 1 to make it onto the Nov. 3 ballot.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In at least two instances, the government argued that cases should be transferred to Texas courts because a petitioner had been moved to a detention facility there.
—Maddy Varner, Wired News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
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According to Quakertown solicitor Peter Nelson, McElree, who also serves as Borough Manager, is currently on workers' compensation leave.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the coroner’s office, South Carolina Highway Patrol, and the solicitor’s office for comment.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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In Lexington, a school employee was caught discussing whether production costs could be inflated in hopes that a requester would give up.—
Paul Diego Craney,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Under the bill, police would only release footage if the requester shows up in person with a notarized statement.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
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Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 13 May. 2026.
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