Definition
• | One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. |
• | Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. |
• | One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. |
• | One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like. |