petitioner

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pe=ti=tion=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

petitioner, n. 

 One who presents a petition.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

petitioner

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.