pleader

noun

Definition of pleadernext
as in petitioner
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the parents finally granted the persistent pleader his wish: a puppy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleader
  1. petitioner
  2. solicitor
  3. beggar
  4. suppliant
  5. requester
Noun
  • Judge Rhonda Lanford, who heard Wednesday’s arguments, asked the petitioners to submit briefs summarizing their arguments by 8 November.
    ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The organization represents petitioners in both cases.
    Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of petitioner
Noun
  • Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.
    Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of solicitor
Noun
  • The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
    Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
  • All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Definition of beggar
Noun
  • And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.
    Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.
    Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Definition of suppliant
Noun
  • If a platform is unable to determine whether the request was made by a qualified user, the company must notify the requester that additional information is required to authenticate their request.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
  • Records relating to the investigation will be released to requesters once the investigation has concluded, Ashby has said.
    Chase Rogers, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Mar. 2024
Definition of requester
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“Pleader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleader. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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