Petitioner \Pe*ti"tion*er\, n.
One who presents a petition.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
petitioner
n 1: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: suppliant, supplicant]
2: someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or
recovery of a right [syn: suer]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "petitioner":
accusant, accuser, adorer, allegator, appellant, applicant, asker,
aspirant, beadsman, beggar, bidder, candidate, celebrant,
chapelgoer, churchgoer, claimant, communicant, complainant,
congregation, daily communicant, delator, evangelist, idolater,
impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, libelant, party,
plaintiff, postulant, prayer, prosecutor, revivalist, seeker,
solicitant, solicitor, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator,
the prosecution, venerator, votary, worshiper
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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