petitioner

English

Etymology

From petition +‎ -er. Doublet of petitionary.

Noun

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.

Translations

someone who presents a petition to a court

• Bengali: খাস্তগীর (khastogir)
• Bulgarian: ищец (bg) m (ištec)
• Egyptian: (sprw)
• Finnish: kantaja (fi)
• French: pétitionnaire (fr)
• German: Petent (de) m, Petentin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱκέτης m (hikétēs)

• Hindi: याचक (hi) (yācak)
• Irish: achainíoch m
• Italian: istante (it) m, richiedente (it) m
• Maori: kaipetihana, kaiinoi
• Middle English: oratour, bedeman
• Portuguese: peticionário (pt) m, requerente (pt) m or f
• Shor: сурағчы (surağçı)
• Spanish: accionante m or f, peticionario
• Swedish: kärande (sv) c

Anagrams

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