responser

re·spons·er
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UK/ɹɪˈspɒn.sə/US/ɹɪˈspɔn.səɹ/US, cot caught merger/ɹɪˈspɑn.səɹ/Canada, standard/ɹɪˈspɒn.səɹ/

noun

One who responds, or gives responses.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounresponser (plural responsers)

plural responsers

  1. 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 135
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    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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APA

responser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responser

MLA

“responser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “responser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responser.

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