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demander|dɪˈmɑːndə(r), -æ-|
[f. demand v. + -er. Cf. F. demandeur (13th c.).]
One who demands.
1. One who asks with authority, urgency, etc.; one who claims, requests, calls for.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) D vij, The requeste was pitifull..and he to whom it was made, was the father, and the demaunder was the mother. 1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) A ij, Unto none of the foresayde demaunders wold he never geve her in mariage. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. iv. §19. 201 He hath intreated his Demander to accept of thus much in part of paiment. 1754Johnson Life of Cave, A tenacious maintainer, though not a clamorous demander of his right.
†2. One who asks or inquires; one who puts a question. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xviii. 146 The demaunder of the question. 1583Hollyband Campo di Fior 157 O what an importunate asker of questions is here..O what a troublesome demander. 1692Locke Toleration iii. i. Wks. 1727 II. 304 The Majority..shall give any forward Demander Occasion to ask, What other Means is there left?
3. One from whom there is a demand for an article of commerce; a buyer, consumer.
a1620Carew (J.), And delivereth them to the demanders' ready use at all seasons. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. vii. (1868) I. 58 Those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity..may be called the effectual demanders. 1821New Monthly Mag. I. 96 Demanders and not suppliers. 1885J. Bonar Malthus ii. i. 233 The power of buying the food that feeds new demanders. |