Dictionary

petitioner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈtɪʃənɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti Latin petō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin petītiōnembor. Old French peticiunbor. Middle English English petition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English petitioner From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.

Meanings

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 argued that if the Supreme Court were to rule in favor of Ramos the ruling could apply to some 32,000 people that are currently serving time for serious crimes because thousands of petitioners would come to the court demanding relief. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

counterpetitioner · copetitioner

Synonyms

solicitor

Translations (27)

de Petent (someone who presents a petition to a court) · hi आवेदक (someone who presents a petition to a court) · es accionante (someone who presents a petition to a court) · mi kaipetihana (someone who presents a petition to a court) · de Petentin (someone who presents a petition to a court) · kmr dawakar (someone who presents a petition to a court) · es peticionario (someone who presents a petition to a court) · it richiedente (someone who presents a petition to a court) · egy s-p:r-w-spr-A2-A1 (someone who presents a petition to a court) · ga achainíoch (someone who presents a petition to a court) · sv kärande (someone who presents a petition to a court) · hi याचक (someone who presents a petition to a court) · fr pétitionnaire (someone who presents a petition to a court) · hi वादी (someone who presents a petition to a court) · mi kaiinoi (someone who presents a petition to a court) · cjs сурағчы (someone who presents a petition to a court) · enm bedeman (someone who presents a petition to a court) · grc ἱκέτης (someone who presents a petition to a court) · kmr xwedîdawa (someone who presents a petition to a court) · bn খাস্তগীর (someone who presents a petition to a court) · it istante (someone who presents a petition to a court) · hi याचिकाकर्ता (someone who presents a petition to a court) · pt peticionário (someone who presents a petition to a court) · bg ищец (someone who presents a petition to a court) · enm oratour (someone who presents a petition to a court) · fi kantaja (someone who presents a petition to a court) · pt requerente (someone who presents a petition to a court)