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petitioner(dictionary)
Petitioner(law)

petitioner (iou)



petitioner noun. LME.
[from PETITION noun + -ER2 (cf. Anglo-Latin petitionarius); later regarded as from PETITION verb + -ER1.]
A person who makes or presents a petition. LME.
b. English History. A person who signed an address to Charles II in 1680 petitioning for the summoning of Parliament. M18.
Law. A plaintiff petitioning in a suit or action. E16.