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Noun petitioner has 2 senses

• petitioner(n = noun.person) requester, suppliant, supplicant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
is a kind of applicant, applier
has particulars: besieger, postulant, canvasser, solicitor

• petitioner(n = noun.person) suer - someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right; Array
is a kind of complainant, plaintiff
Derived form verb petition₁

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petitioner

accusant, accuser, adorer, allegator, appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman, beggar, bidder, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer, churchgoer, claimant, communicant, complainant, congregation, daily communicant, delator, evangelist, idolater, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, libelant, party, plaintiff, postulant, prayer, prosecutor, revivalist, seeker, solicitant, solicitor, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, the prosecution, venerator, votary, worshiper

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Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.

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