Thesaurus results for PETITIONER

petitioner

noun

pə-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər

Definition of petitioner

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 The petitioners, primarily represented by Adam Pauley, responded in filing a document requesting the board to strike the objections. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The criminal charges originated there, the motion argues, and the petitioner’s and respondent’s counsel have their offices in Moscow. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026 The petitioners — Anthony Hernandez, Mary Jo Adams Hermann and an anonymous parent — claim the Sacramento school violated Catholic canon law, the church’s system of laws governing its institutions and members. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 By calling for the early review, the FCC allowed petitioners and ordinary residents to chime in on the stations’ operations and ABC network programming. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for petitioner

Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner

Noun

In this case, the unlucky protag is Maia (Gadot), a single mother and high-octane solicitor (or lawyer, for those of you outside the UK) who’s about to prosecute a murder trial with the help of a key witness under state protection.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
David Moore, senior assistant county solicitor, said the county is required to comply with a state statute that calls for a six-month notice and public comment period for buildings that will be used for immigration detention.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of solicitor

Noun

These fees place autopsy reports out of reach for most requesters, including journalists and researchers like me.

— Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
One of their tactics was to charge record requesters not just for copying costs but for the time workers spent assembling the records.

— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of requester

Noun

Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Antinous shocked even the other suitors by insulting and assaulting an elderly beggar; when the beggar revealed himself as Odysseus and slew the suitors, Antinous was the first to die.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

Definition of beggar

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
It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 June 2021