inquirer

[ in-kwahyuhr-er ]

noun

1. a person who asks a question or seeks to learn about something, often someone whose character it is to do so:

   The answer to any question is available within a second or two on the Internet, but it's up to the inquirer to evaluate the validity of the answer.

   Any inquirer into scientific truth must be absolutely confident that the whole world makes a certain kind of sense.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inquirer¹

inquire ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Haynes “has a way of being inside the musical moment with a depth that is truly rare,” Metheny told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times

Most early votes were cast by women, according to an analysis by The Philadelphia Inquirer, suggesting a 13% gender cap in turnout.

From Salon

At the Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch writes: “One week to go. The one positive thing — in a very weird way — about the final days of the 2024 campaign is that Donald Trump and his goons are not shying away from telling the American people who they really are. That was in full bloom Sunday at Madison Square Garden, at what one pro-Trump speaker — perhaps joking, perhaps not — called “a Nazi rally.”

From Salon

As Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer noted, even the loyal rally audience reacted with "stone silence" to most of this.

From Salon

“Liberal radio network set to air,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2004.

From Slate