answerer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɚ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæn.sə.ɹɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English answer Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English answerer From answer + -er.
Meanings
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A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
1714, Jonathan Swift, The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, London: John Morphew, in Bertrand A. Goldgar and Ian Gadd (eds.), English Political Writings 1711-1714, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 256, It is a very unfair Thing in any Writer to employ his Ignorance and Malice together, because it gives his Answerer double Work […]
1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of the Answerer” in Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: Modern Library, 1921, p. 141, Now list to my morning’s romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities and farms I sing as they spread in the sunshine before me.
He prayed that Leo didn't think he was a fool. The other men in Leo’s life, anonymous partners, answerers of ads, old boyfriends, old Pete, massed impatiently behind him […]
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| answerers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Synonyms
replier · responder · respondent
Translations (4)
fi vastaaja (person who, or thing that, answers or responds) · ar مُجِيب (person who, or thing that, answers or responds) · ko 답변자 (person who, or thing that, answers or responds) · pt respondedor (person who, or thing that, answers or responds)