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answerer|ˈɑːnsərə(r), æ-|
Also 6 ansurer, aunswerer.
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who answers.
1. One who replies to a charge, objection, argument or statement.
1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 1557, 987/1 This good answerer hath here borne himself so wel. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. I. 22 Pref., Which the answerer..clearly demonstrated. 1714Shaftesbury Charac. v. ii. (1737) III. 270 Authors who subsist wholly by the criticizing or commenting Practice upon others..distinguish'd by the title of Answerers. 1838Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. ii. §30. 38 The Defensio did not want answerers in England.
2. One who replies to a question or appeal.
a1556Cranmer Wks. I. 66 Your wise dialogue..between the curious questioner [and] the foolish answerer. 1666Phil. Trans. I. 189 Inquiries that require Learning or Skill in the Answerer. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 188 The best answerer..receives a premium of books. 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 119 Such questions are sure to find answerers.
3. One who answers back, or makes impertinent retorts.
1552Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer ii. II. 26 Servants..shall not be murmurers, nor froward answerers.
†4. One accepting a challenge. Obs.
1511in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 60 I. 182 That every gentilman answerer doo subscribe his name to the Articles. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clvii. 435 The prise of the iustes of the aunswerers..was gyuen to the frenche kynge.
†5. One responsible. esp. The person answerable to the Court of Augmentation for the rents and profits. Obs.
1539Plumpton Corr. 234 One farme hold..which..I did speake to the Ansurer for the use of the said children. |