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petitioner

noun
/pəˈtɪʃənɚ/CA

Etymology

From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.

  1. derived from petitio
  2. derived from peticiun
  3. suffixed as petitioner — “petition + -er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who presents a petition to a court.

  2. Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority.

    • Ethel was in mourning: they had judged it the most fitting habit for a petitioner; it was certainly one most becoming to the wearer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA