inquirer

[ in-kwahyuhr-er ]

/ ɪnˈkwaɪər ər /

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noun

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.

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Origin of inquirer

inquire + -er¹

Words nearby inquirer

inquiet, inquietude, inquiline, inquire, inquire after, inquirer, inquiries, inquiring, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitionist

How to use inquirer in a sentence

In an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, her boyfriend, Jason Anderson, said Craig-Lewis was “all consumed” by her job.
The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter|Christopher Moraff|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I spent a lifetime looking for a father,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1986.
Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer|Marlow Stern|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In an email to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bucholz described the party as focused on “pragmatism.”
Whigs Win For First Time In 150 Years|Ben Jacobs|November 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Jayson, how did you move to ESPN from The Philadelphia Inquirer?
Opening Day 2013: How to Write About Baseball in the Big Leagues|Noah Charney|March 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

So I did a few dozen shows, though I continued to work at the Inquirer until the end of the 1999 season.
Opening Day 2013: How to Write About Baseball in the Big Leagues|Noah Charney|March 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We do not read of any remarkable philosophical inquirer until Thales arose, the first of the Ionian school.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
The earnest, chummy attitude of the inquirer made Molly feel at ease, and also anxious to please.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells
The reverend gentleman gave his rustic inquirer a kick, adding, ‘Did you feel that?’
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
There is in all both a suppressio veri and a suggestio falsi, which makes the honest inquirer almost entirely reject their books.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
Nor do we act thus, reluctantly, for we believe that every honest inquirer will thank us for the introduction.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman

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