Meanings
plural responsers
- One who responds, or gives responses.
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.
1837, The Calcutta Christian Observer, volume 6, page 1351 more example
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[…].
2009, John Maynard, Literary Intention, Literary Interpretations, and Readers, Broadview Press, →ISBN, →Google Books, page 301
Origin
From response + -er. First attested in 1791.
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Rhymes with responser
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Cite this entry
responser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responser
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