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querist

American  
[kweer-ist] / ˈkwɪər ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who inquires or questions.


querist British  
/ ˈkwɪərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who makes inquiries or queries; questioner

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of querist

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

Example Sentences

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His querist springs from a clash between fundamentalism and atheism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Garter, may be acceptable to your querist S. N.

From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

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!"

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

The querist turned full on the young man, much to Mr. John Wray's disapproval.

From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree

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.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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