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plural petitioners
(law) Someone who presents a petition to a court. examples
Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority. quotations examples
Ethel was in mourning: they had judged it the most fitting habit for a petitioner; it was certainly one most becoming to the wearer.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], pages 229–230