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 court also said the petition lacked a detailed factual record showing how each of the petitioners came to receive Code 51. — Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Goodenow ruled that the petitioners met the necessary burden to prove the lawsuit was a violation of their petition rights. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Until recently in Louisiana’s Western District, petitioners had to formally deliver the lawsuit and summons to government defendants in person and through certified mail. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for petitioner

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Others convicted in relation to the robbery included Brian Reader, a career criminal who was involved in other high-profile robberies before and after Brink’s-Mat, crooked solicitor Michael Relton, and McAvoy’s wife, Kathleen.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
But the meatiest parts belong to their characters’ solicitors.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of solicitor

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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
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