responder
Americannoun
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a person or thing that responds.
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Electronics. the part of a transponder that transmits the reply.
Etymology
Origin of responder
Example Sentences
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He is not the only California first responder to have been accused recently of engaging in insurance fraud.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Community first responder Emily Hilton was assessing the man who had fallen on a busy main road in Cardiff last March.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
His grandson Mendy Amzalak told The Australian that he had rushed to the scene on the beach as a first responder.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Are you a member of the armed services or a first responder?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
I had done rescue breathing in my first responder course exactly once, and that was on a mannequin.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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