petitioner
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.
Noun[edit]
petitioner (plural petitioners)
- (law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
- Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 229–230:
- Ethel was in mourning: they had judged it the most fitting habit for a petitioner; it was certainly one most becoming to the wearer.
Translations[edit]
someone who presents a petition to a court
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