petitioner

Variant of petition

noun

  1. a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty
  2. a formal writing or document embodying such a request, addressed to a specific person or group and often signed by a number of petitioners
  3. something that is asked or entreated: to grant a petition
  4. Law a written formal request or plea in which specific court action is asked for: a petition for rehearing

Origin: OFr < L petitio (gen. petitionis) < petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see feather

transitive verb

  1. to address a petition to; ask formally or earnestly
  2. to ask for; solicit

intransitive verb

to make a petition

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