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单词 petitioner
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petitionern.

Brit. /pəˈtɪʃn̩ə/, /pəˈtɪʃənə/, U.S. /pəˈtɪʃənər/
Forms: late Middle English–1500s peticioner, 1500s petycioner, 1600s petissener, 1600s– petitioner.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petitioner.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman petitioner (a1411 or earlier in legal use) < petition petition n. + -er -er suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin petitionarius person who makes a petition (15th cent. in a British source). Compare later petition v.
1.
a. A person or party who makes a petition or formally presents one to an authority.
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the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who petitions or appeals
beseecher1382
petitioner1414
suitor1414
orator1417
suppliantc1422
supplicant1475
soliciter1536
solicitor1551
oratricle1574
pleader1584
supplicationer1585
beggar1589
incaller?1591
supplicator1593
petitor1596
beadsman1600
impetrator1605
implorer1611
imploratora1616
replicant1622
invokera1649
prostrate1648
deprecator1656
appellant1704
memorialist1706
applicationer1710
postulant1733
invocant1751
solicitant1821
petitionist1822
memorializer1859
1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 22/2 The Comune of youre lond..ben as well Assentirs as Peticioners.
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 10 (MED) Whane he hadde peysyd the goode wille of the mane prudently..grauntid to the peticioner his kyngly fauore.
?1525 tr. G. Alexis Interlocucyon betwyxt Man & Woman sig. Aiii Woman is honored in every place For quene of erth and of heven hye Whiche is petycioner for mannes trespace To good.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 206 O vaine peticioner, begg a greater matter, Thou now requests but Mooneshine in the water. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 14 I would be understood..an humble Petitioner, that ignorant and tender conscienced Anabaptists may have due time and means of conviction.
1705 K. Philips Lett. from Orinda 66 To avoid the Shame of seeing him who had so lately commanded a Kingdom, become a Petitioner to me for such a Trifle, I obey'd him.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. viii. 182 The relief desired by the petitioners.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 714 Some petitioners asked to be heard by counsel.
1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. v. lviii. 253 Originally the stem was a wand through which the breath of the petitioner was drawn in order that he might have power within him from ‘on high’.
1988 ‘E. Peters’ Confession Brother Haluin iii. 42 Radulfus regarded the petitioner in silence.
2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Apr. a35 Outside his gate a throng of petitioners is clamoring for jobs or favors.
b. spec. Any of those who signed an address to Charles II in 1680, petitioning for the summoning of Parliament. Usually in plural. Now historical.Frequently opposed to abhorrer n. 2.
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1681 Petition to Charles II in J. Somers Coll. Tracts (1748) I. 106/2 The Premises considered, We your Majesty's Petitioners, out of a just Abhorrence of such a dangerous and pernicious Council [etc.].
1731 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. XIV. xxiii. 244 As soon as the Parliament was prorogued, the Duke of York at Court, a great Number of contrary Addresses were presented in Abhorrence of the former; so that two Parties were formed called the Petitioners and the Abhorrers.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 256 Opponents of the Court were called Birminghams, Petitioners, and Exclusionists. Those who took the King's side were Antibirminghams, Abhorrers, and Tantivies.
1891 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. II. 620 The two parties were known as Petitioners and Abhorrers, names which were soon replaced by those of Whig and Tory.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 62/1 The addresses of the Abhorrers which reached the king from all parts of the country formed a counterblast to those of the Petitioners.
1997 Eng. Hist. Rev. 112 309 From the petitioners' point of view, the calling of the second Parliament was intended to pursue the cause of exclusion.
2. Law. A plaintiff, esp. a creditor, petitioning in a suit or action.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > petitioner
beseecherc1400
petitioner1503
orator1547
society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > creditor > types of
mortgagee1584
feoffee1590
judgment creditor1702
bond-creditor1710
petitioning creditor1720
apprizer1754
bondholder1823
rider1826
petitioner1854
preferential1903
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff > in specific type of action
petitioning creditor1720
libellant1726
replevisor1837
petitioner1854
1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 526/1 By whiche longe tracte of tyme, the said Sueters and Peticioners were and shulde be discomforted.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 25 Alas Sir, I am but a poore Petitioner of our whole Towneship. View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 30 But Save me most from my Petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren Womb or Grave.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. xiv. 243 Practis'd as he was in the Art of Speaking, he endeavour'd to appear more with the Air of a Petitioner, than an Advocate.
1767 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1881) XII. 618 Under the circumstances the petitioner ought not in equity to be holden to answer the same to the petitionee.
a1832 A. Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 835/1 Praying his lordship to issue his fiat, authorizing the petitioner, as such creditor, to prosecute his complaint in her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy.
1854 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. III. xxvii. 548 The question, as presented by Dunning, was already decided in favour of the petitioners.
1901 Southern Reporter 28 900 It is stated in the petition that the action is brought not only on behalf of the petitioners, but also of 500 other taxpayers.
1991 J. H. Farrar et al. Company Law 466 While it will usually be the case that the conduct complained of [in a petition under the Companies Act 1985, s. 459] will have damaged..the value of the petitioner's shareholding, this is not a requirement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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