noun
Meaning 1
Someone who presents a petition to a court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Someone who presents a petition to a court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
one praying humbly for something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: suppliant, supplicant, requester
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: applicant, applier
Narrower terms: besieger, postulant, solicitor, canvasser
noun
someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: suer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaintiff, complainant
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth2- Proto-Indo-European *péth2eti Latin petō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin petītiōnembor. Old French peticiunbor. Middle English English petition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English petitioner From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.