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petitioners

petitioners is the plural of petitioner.

Meaning of petitioner

Noun

petitioner (plural petitioners)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about petitioners

What is petitioners the plural of?
Petitioners is the plural of petitioner.

Words near petitioners in the dictionary

  1. petitionary
  2. petitioned
  3. petitionee
  4. petitionees
  5. petitioner
  6. petitioners
  7. petitioneth
  8. petitioning
  9. petitionings
  10. petitionist
  11. petitionists

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