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单词 questioner
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questionern.

Brit. /ˈkwɛstʃənə/, /ˈkwɛstʃn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈkwɛstʃənər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: question n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < question n. + -er suffix1, perhaps originally after post-classical Latin questionarius questionary n.1 Compare Middle French, French questionneur (1554). Compare later question v.
1. A person who questions; an interrogator, an enquirer.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > an enquirer, questioner
asker?c1225
questioner?a1425
querorc1450
speererc1480
inquirer?c1570
querist1633
querier1672
inquirist1748
queryist1863
?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 93 (MED) Þei ben greet questioners & askars of þe lawe, but þei wole not do so miche as putt þerto her fynger &..þei ben heerars of þe lawe but no þing þe doars.
1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 73 The curious questioner, the folishe answerer.
1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 15 I meruaill what they would haue answered, or how the Councell themselues would haue satisfied a iudicious questioner.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 58 God..was making hel for curious questioners.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 41 He was a Questioner, who..is one who asks Questions, not with a Design to receive Information, but an Affectation to show his Uneasiness for Want of it.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxix. 186 Without entring into argument with such a conceited and pert preacher and questioner, it is, to forbid you to plague me with your quaint nonsense.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. v. 286 Stranger in thy turn,..who art thou, the Questioner?
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiii. 194 ‘Is the Major's lady young and beautiful? Captain,’ the fair questioner continued.
1890 H. S. Salt Life Thoreau 20 He was..a fearless thinker and questioner on..matters, social and religious.
1957 M. Spark Comforters iii. 57 He seemed to have forgotten his role as the intrigued questioner.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Jan. (Central ed.) a12/3 Though forced to stare upward at his questioners for four days, Judge Alito..has been the largest presence in the room.
2. An interrogative form of speech; = erotema n. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > rhetorical question
interrogation?1533
erotema1589
inquisitive1589
questioner1589
erotesis1656
rhetorical questiona1686
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 176 This figure I call the Questioner or inquisitiue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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