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
However, according to King Law Group, formal approval can only be granted through a physical notice mailed to the petitioner’s address.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
Lawyer Eric Baxter, who is representing the petitioners in the case, was skeptical that such a ruling would lead to countless lawsuits.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noteworthy is that all but two of Harvard’s Ivy League peers — Cornell University and Columbia University — were included in the group of petitioners.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Prosecutors argued that a petition for habeas corpus is an action on the authority that holds the petitioner in custody to free her, and not an action on the one in custody so the proper venue would be a district court in Louisiana.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
Lawyer Eric Baxter, who is representing the petitioners in the case, was skeptical that such a ruling would lead to countless lawsuits.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noteworthy is that all but two of Harvard’s Ivy League peers — Cornell University and Columbia University — were included in the group of petitioners.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Prosecutors argued that a petition for habeas corpus is an action on the authority that holds the petitioner in custody to free her, and not an action on the one in custody so the proper venue would be a district court in Louisiana.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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The group filed a petition for a referendum with the Cincinnati city solicitor's office to repeal rezoning for the project approved by City Council on April 23, according to Jeffrey Levine, an attorney representing the neighborhood council.—
Randy Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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David Pascoe, solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit in the state's Lowcountry, welcomes the support from the federal government.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Asking the requester to prioritize the new task may prompt them to reconsider who should take it on.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Then, the nodes return that content to the requester by retracing the same path [green arrows].—
Glenn Edens,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Mar. 2017
Noun
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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
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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
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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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