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petitioner (s) (noun), petitioners (pl)
1. Someone who organizes or signs a petition asking a person in authority to do something.
2. A person who gives a court an official document in which he or she asks it to take legal action.
3. A formally written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to an authority regarding a particular cause.
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