pleader

as in petitioner
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the parents finally granted the persistent pleader his wish: a puppy

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Noun
  • The trial court merely instructed counsel not to manage petitioner’s testimony during that break.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in April.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.
    Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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“Pleader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleader. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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