different between petitioner vs postulant

English

Etymology

petition +? -er

Noun

petitioner (plural petitioners)

1. (law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.

Translations

Anagrams

• repetition

English

Etymology

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?stj?l?nt/, /?p?st??l?nt/

Noun

postulant (plural postulants)

1. (Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order
2. A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1254:

     But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

Anagrams

• outplants

Catalan

Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postular

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French postulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.ty?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?lant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanten)

1. (religion) postulant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.ty.l??/

Noun

postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)

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Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postuler

Latin

Verb

postulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of postul?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??stu.lant/

Noun

postulant m pers (feminine postulantka)

1. (religion) postulant

Declension

Further reading

• postulant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French postulant.

Noun

postulant m (plural postulan?i)

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Declension