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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asker |
| Synonyms: | beggar, beseecher, petitioner, seeker, solicitor, suitor |
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| Main Entry: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in financial trouble |
| Synonyms: | alms person, bankrupt, dependent, down-and-out, guttersnipe, indigent, mendicant, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, street person, suppliant, vagrant, ward of state |
| Main Entry: | lover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person having sexual relationship |
| Synonyms: | Juliet, Romeo, admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, courter, darling, dear, dearest, escort, fiancé, fiancée, flame, girlfriend, idolizer, inamorata, inamorato, infatuate, paramour, petitioner, significant other, solicitor, steady, suitor, suppliant, swain, sweetheart, truelove, valentine, wooer |
| Antonyms: | enemy |
| Main Entry: | lady's man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amorist |
| Synonyms: | Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, courter, darling, dear, dearest, escort, fiancé, flame*, idolizer, inamorato, infatuate, paramour, petitioner, significant other, solicitor, steady, suitor, suppliant, swain, sweetheart, truelove, valentine, wooer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moocher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | alms person, almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, cadger, dependent, down-and-out, guttersnipe, indigent, mendicant, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, street person, suppliant, vagrant, ward of state |
| Main Entry: | petitioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applicant |
| Synonyms: | appellant, aspirant, candidate, claimant, hopeful, inquirer, postulant, seeker, suitor, suppliant |
| Main Entry: | seeker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applicant |
| Synonyms: | appellant, aspirant, candidate, claimant, hopeful, inquirer, petitioner, postulant, suitor, suppliant |
| Main Entry: | supplicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humble person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, petitioner, suppliant |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Petitioner. |
| Synonyms: |
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petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; prizer., beggar, mendicant, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger; hotel runner, runner, steerer [U.S.], tout, touter., canvasser, bagman; salesman.
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