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
In July, a court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ruled in favor of 65 petitioners, affirming that their Afghan spouses were eligible for dual nationality.
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Hendrix further noted that the petitioners had previously been instructed to file all requests in writing and had not demonstrated any legal basis for bypassing those rules.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025
Newsweek reached out to the petitioner's attorney, LeRoy George Siddell, and the Department of Justice via email for comment.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The petitioner hasn’t requested any financial incentives like a tax abatement, Jabo said at Tuesday’s Redevelopment Commission meeting before a County Council meeting.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Hendrix further noted that the petitioners had previously been instructed to file all requests in writing and had not demonstrated any legal basis for bypassing those rules.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025
Newsweek reached out to the petitioner's attorney, LeRoy George Siddell, and the Department of Justice via email for comment.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The petitioner hasn’t requested any financial incentives like a tax abatement, Jabo said at Tuesday’s Redevelopment Commission meeting before a County Council meeting.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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In Dracula, Erivo will play a range of characters including solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray, confidante Lucy Westenra and her suitors, vampire hunter Van Helsing and Count Dracula, among others.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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Her plan is to go into general litigation at a mid-size to large law firm or a solicitor’s office.—
Cherise Halsall,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Both meeting requesters and business influencers take back control over their time and impact when the ice is broken with a donation to a worthy cause.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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The act of needing someone and showing vulnerability can encourage people to feel more positively about the requester.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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 27 May. 2025.
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