Petitioner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petitioner \Pe*ti"tion*er\, n.
     One who presents a petition.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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