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querier

querier

8.4
Someone or something that asks a question to get information
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɪr.i.ər/
translation icon : preguntador
  • As a systematic querier, she always prepared her questions in advance before the meeting.

Examples

  • If it is unclear what the querier cares about, i.e., he never stalks anybody, FB's search results are based on social context, i.e., what the querier's friends care about.

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  • As that page (and others) was read right through very thoroughly, any such query adds nothing to the discussion (other than an insight into the character of the querier).

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  • So now Alice the querier knows what I is but Bob doesn't.

  • If it is unclear what the querier cares about, i.e., he never stalks anybody, FB's search results are based on social context, i.e., what the querier's friends care about.

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  • The querier submitted a question about the registration process to the help desk.

  • The database returned relevant results for every query made by the querier.

Synonyms

interviewer
vsquerier
86 3.0

A person who asks questions to get information in a job or news interview

is broader and also covers noninteractive automated query sources
questioner
vsquerier
  • Formal
23 3.2

A person who asks for information, often in a public meeting

is more general and can be a person or system making queries
inquirer
vsquerier
20 3.2

A person who asks questions to get information

is broader and may include nonhuman systems that issue queries
asker
vsquerier
4 3.3

A person who wants an answer to a question

can be a person or an automated system making queries

Antonyms

93 3.7

A person who answers questions in a survey or interview

1 4.0

A person who replies to a question or request

How Technical

querier
8.4
inquirer
20 3.2
questioner
  • Formal
23 3.2
asker
4 3.3

Surface Forms

querier singular
queriers plural

Morphology

querier = query (transparent) = query + queri­er + er

Agentive suffix '-er' attaches to 'query' with a regular orthographic change (y → i); meaning 'person or system that asks' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Querier comes from an old Latin root quaerere meaning 'to ask' or 'to seek'. It shares the same root as question and query, so a querier is simply someone who asks for information.