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
  • 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
  • Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • After staff informed the requester about the expansive scope, that person did not respond.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Pleader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleader. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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