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
Senate Bill 223 would give petitioners more time to gather fewer signatures to refer school district opt-outs to a vote.
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Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Feb. 2026
The case status is open; a lawyer is listed for the petitioner, but not for the defendant, whose first name is listed as Josmer.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Before the deadline, petitioners and lawmakers could come up with a compromise.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In accordance with the village’s Affordable Housing Ordinance, 5% of the development’s total units (4 total units for this development plan) must qualify as affordable housing, or petitioners may pay a $100,000 per unit (or $400,000 in total) fee-in-lieu of onsite affordable units.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Feb. 2026
The case status is open; a lawyer is listed for the petitioner, but not for the defendant, whose first name is listed as Josmer.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Before the deadline, petitioners and lawmakers could come up with a compromise.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In accordance with the village’s Affordable Housing Ordinance, 5% of the development’s total units (4 total units for this development plan) must qualify as affordable housing, or petitioners may pay a $100,000 per unit (or $400,000 in total) fee-in-lieu of onsite affordable units.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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The first is Jonathan Harker, naïve English solicitor despatched to Transylvania to do a deal with a mysterious Count whose plan is to dip his fangs into Victorian England.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mina also happens to be engaged to Jonathan Harker (Ewens Abid), a solicitor who pays a visit to the Count at his Romanian palace for a real estate deal.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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Michigan sent 40 pages of documents that included the requester’s name and date, but contained nothing about the actual request.—
Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hollywood turned him into a beggar.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 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 27 Mar. 2026.
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