petitioner
US/pəˈtɪʃənɚ/
petitioner noun: someone who presents a petition to a court.
Noun
petitioner (plural petitioners)
- Someone who presents a petition to a court.
- The Supreme Court said Monday that unanimous jury verdicts are required in state criminal trials for serious offenses, handing a victory to criminal defendants including petitioner Evangelisto Ramos, who was convicted of murder in Louisiana on a 10-2 vote. […] In court, a lawyer for Louisiana...2020 April 20, Ariane de Vogue, “Supreme Court says unanimous jury verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2021
- 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.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 229–230
petitioner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
petitioner in Hindi
- someone who presents a petition to a court
- याचक yācak, याचिकाकर्ता yācikākartā, वादी vādī, आवेदक āvedak
petitioner in Tamil
- மனுசெய்பவர், மனுச் செய்பவர், மனுதாரர், மனுக்காரர், முறை வேண்டுநர், விண்ணப்பதாரர்
petitioner in Marathi
- a petitioner
- अर्थी arthī
petitioner in Urdu
- نیاز مند, سائل, سوالی
More languagesFewer languages
- petitioner in Bengali
- খাস্তগীর khastogir
- petitioner in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಜಿದಾರ, ವಾದಿ, ಫಿರ್ಯಾದಿ, ಅರಿಕೆಗಾರ
- petitioner in Sanskrit
- याचक yācaka
Examples of petitioner in a sentence
- The terms petitioners and abhorrers in this context were later superseded by Whig and Tory.
- "You might play out." Mitchell forgot that he was a petitioner.
- Petitioner strenuously objects to this free-rider label.
Synonyms of petitioner
Forms of petitioner
| plural | petitioners |
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Origin of petitioner
From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.
Words formed from petitioner
Questions about petitioner
- What does petitioner mean?
- Petitioner means someone who presents a petition to a court.
- What is petitioner in Hindi?
- Petitioner in Hindi is याचक (yācak), याचिकाकर्ता (yācikākartā), वादी (vādī). See Petitioner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is petitioner?
- Petitioner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce petitioner?
- Petitioner is pronounced /pəˈtɪʃənɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of petitioner?
- The plural of petitioner is petitioners.
Words near petitioner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: petitioner (page history and authors); petitioner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अर्थी (Marathi) (page history and authors); petitioner (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petitioner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); याचक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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