petitioner

From petition +‎ -er. Doublet of petitionary.

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɪʃənɚ/

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petitioner (plural petitioners)

1. (law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
2. 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.

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