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petitioner

US // (pɪˈtɪʃənə) //

请愿者,请愿人,上访者,请愿书

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who presents a petition
    • : mainly British the plaintiff in a divorce suit

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Examples

  • Figueroa had further alleged that Castro “frequently abducts daughters and keeps them from mother/petitioner/legal custodian.”

  • The king, by way of joke, desired the earl to personate him, and ordered the petitioner to be admitted.

  • After formal evidence was given by the petitioner, the usual decree was granted with costs against Parnell (November 17, 1890).

  • And I said: Hast thou put off the petitioner as I desired, to another day?

  • Let a habeas corpus issue in this case according to the prayer of the petitioner, returnable forthwith.

  • Camilla had all the gratification she promised herself, in witnessing the happiness of the poor petitioner.