Synonym: requester, suer, suppliant, supplicant. Similar words: petition, repetition, competition, pure competition, perfect competition, non-price competition, imperfect competition, monopolistic competition. Meaning: [pɪ'tɪʃənə(r)] 
n. 1. one praying humbly for something 2. someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right.
n. 1. one praying humbly for something 2. someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right. 31. The petitioner in Bishop had been fired from his job as a city policeman.
More similar words: petition, repetition, competition, pure competition, perfect competition, non-price competition, imperfect competition, monopolistic competition, repetitious, general practitioner, practitioner, repetitive, competitive, competitively, competitive edge, competitiveness, partition, dentition, superstition, deglutition, titillation, conditioner, petite, air conditioner, appetite, competitor, petit jury, adscititious, dietitian, decomposition reaction.