responser

responser

English

Etymology

    From response + -er. First attested in 1791.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    responser (plural responsers)

    1. One who responds, or gives responses.
      • 1837, The Calcutta Christian Observer, volume 6, page 135:
        In the evening two responsers are appointed on the part of the bride, and as many for the bridegroom: they are expected to answer such questions as the Qází may think proper to ask.
      • 2009, John Maynard, Literary Intention, Literary Interpretations, and Readers‎[1], Broadview Press, →ISBN, →Google Books, page 301:
        One might have expected more fuss against this new direction from the most prominent reader-responsers themselves. Instead, the only complaints have come from prominent literary generalists […].

    Further reading

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    respōnser

    1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of respōnsō

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Noun

    responser m

    1. indefinite plural of respons
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