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Definition of Questioner
1. Noun. Someone who asks a question.
Specialized synonyms: Cross-examiner, Cross-questioner, Examiner, Quizzer, Tester, Inquisitor, Interrogator, Interviewer, Canvasser, Headcounter, Poll Taker, Pollster
Generic synonyms: Speaker, Talker, Utterer, Verbaliser, Verbalizer
Derivative terms: Ask, Ask, Ask, Enquire, Enquire, Inquire, Query, Question
Definition of Questioner
1. n. One who asks questions; an inquirer.
Definition of Questioner
1. Noun. A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Questioner
1. one that questions [n -S] - See also: questions
Lexicographical Neighbors of Questioner
Literary usage of Questioner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anglo-American Literature and Manners by Philarète Chasles (1852)
"Here ensued a pause broken angrily by the questioner. ... The questioner then
turned to a person with a wooden leg and said, " I would like very much to ..."
2. Story-telling, Questioning and Studying, Three School Arts by Herman Harrell Horne (1916)
"First of all, the questioner must be industrious enough to prepare some at least
of his questions in advance, even to the point prepare ^ of writing down a ..."
3. Faith and Morals: I.--Faith as Ritschl Defined It. II.--The Moral Law as by Wilhelm Herrmann, Donald Matheson, Robert W. Stewart (1904)
"That principle says that in dealing with an unauthorised questioner a man may
... Let us first consider more closely the 'unauthorised questioner,' then the ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1899)
"A Questioner. BY CLARA MARIE PLATT. THERE 's a little boy at my house, With a
round-eyed, wond'ring stare; When he sees the daylight going, The little boy ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"... standing still and peering at his questioner. "Dear me! isn't it Sir Brian
Segrave ? Who would have thought of your turning out at this time of night? ..."
6. Story-telling, Questioning and Studying, Three School Arts by Herman Harrell Horne (1916)
"Capacity The teacher as questioner, — what ought his characteristics to be?
A few of these have already been intimated in the preceding discussion. ..."
7. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"the hands or body, or changes in the tone of voice, made by the questioner as he
names the object chosen ; but these are usually guessed in a few trials. ..."
8. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"... in what language to enunciate his propositions so as to keep clear of the
subtle objections which will be brought against him by the questioner. ..."
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