querist

[ kweer-ist ]

noun

1. a person who inquires or questions.

querist

/ ˈkwɪərɪst /

noun

1. a person who makes inquiries or queries; questioner

Word History and Origins

Origin of querist¹

First recorded in 1625–35; quer(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

The principal object of the querist is to know whether this family sprang from that of But, Butte, or Butts, which attained great civic eminence in Norwich during the thirteenth and two following centuries.

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He often answered a question without looking at the querist.

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This is but a meagre account of them; and if any of your readers can give further information respecting them, and especially on the religion of those who go to worship at them, they will confer a great favour on your querist.

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At the sight the querist dropped the fish, exclaiming with feigned wonder, "By all that's crooked, an even bet!—ar'n't your mouth made ov injy rubber, Billy!"

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Any information of the Cordeux family more than fifty years ago will confer an obligation on the querist.

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