Dictionary

responser en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɾɪˈspɔn.sɜː(ɾ)/ (India)
• /ɹɪˈspɔn.sə/ (Australia)
• /ɹɪˈspɒn.səɹ/ (Canada, standard)
• /ɹɪˈspɔn.səɹ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ɹɪˈspɒn.sə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• rĭ-spŏn′sər
• /ɹɪˈspɔn.səɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ɹɪˈspɑn.səɹ/ (Canada, dialectal)
• /ɹəˈspɒn.sə/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɹɪˈspɑn.səɹ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
• /ɾɪˈspɔn.səɾ/ (India)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From response + -er. First attested in 1791.

Meanings

1. One who responds, or gives responses.
   • One might have expected more fuss against this new direction from the most prominent reader-responsers themselves. Instead, the only complaints have come from prominent literary generalists[…]. 2009, John Maynard, Literary Intention, Literary Interpretations, and Readers, Broadview Press, →ISBN, →Google Books, page 301:
   • In the evening two responsers are appointed on the part of the bride, and as many for the bridegroom: they are expected to answer such questions as the Qází may think proper to ask. 1837, The Calcutta Christian Observer, volume 6, page 135:

Forms

Relateds

responsor · responder