Ethel was in mourning: they had judged it the most fitting habit for a petitioner; it was certainly one most becoming to the wearer.
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Petitioner
//pəˈtɪʃənɚ//
Synonyms for "petitioner" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἱκέτης noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Bengali
1 entries- খাস্তগীর noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ищец noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-p:r-w-spr-A2-A1 noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Finnish
1 entries- kantaja noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
French
1 entries- pétitionnaire noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
German
2 entries- Petent noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- Petentin noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Hindi
3 entries- याचक noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- याचिकाकर्ता noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- वादी noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Irish
1 entries- achainíoch noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Italian
2 entries- istante noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- richiedente noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Middle English
2 entries- bedeman noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- oratour noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Māori
2 entries- kaiinoi noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- kaipetihana noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- dawakar noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- xwedîdawa noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Portuguese
2 entries- peticionário noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- requerente noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Shor
1 entries- сурағчы noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Spanish
2 entries- accionante noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
- peticionario noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
Swedish
1 entries- kärande noun (someone who presents a petition to a court)
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