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 May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.
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Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
In order to get the PPO, the petitioner must provide proof that the other party might physically hurt, threaten or stalk them.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The petitioner of that project was presented by Hobart Devco, LLC.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
In order to get the PPO, the petitioner must provide proof that the other party might physically hurt, threaten or stalk them.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The petitioner of that project was presented by Hobart Devco, LLC.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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His solicitor informed the judge there would be no application for bail at this stage, and that an Arabic interpreter had been booked to assist him during the proceedings, The Irish Times reported.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The solicitor said key forensic evidence remains pending, writing that most of Dickey’s 40 prior arrests occurred outside his jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Upon connecting with the link and entering the code, the recipient is presented with a drag-and-drop target for sharing files with the requester.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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The owner then digitally signs the request with the private key to prove to the CA that the requester does, in fact, have control of the private key.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 3 Nov. 2025.
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