responder

re·spond

R0182200 (rĭ-spŏnd′)v. re·spond·ed, re·spond·ing, re·sponds v.intr.1. To make a reply; answer: respond to an email.2. To act in return or in answer: firefighters responding to a call. See Synonyms at answer.3. To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way: tumors that responded to radiation.v.tr. To give as a reply; answer.n. Architecture A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.

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[Middle English responden, from Old French respondre, from Latin respondēre : re-, re- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·spond′er n.

re•spond•er

(rɪˈspɒn dər)

n. 1. a person or thing that responds. 2. the part of a transponder that transmits the reply. [1875–80]

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responder - someone who responds answerer, respondentcommunicator - a person who communicates with othersassenter - a person who assentsequivocator, hedger, tergiversator - a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answerinterviewee - a person who is interviewedexaminee, testee - someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)

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