querent

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin querens, present participle of queror (“I complain”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɚɛnt/

NounEdit

querent (plural querents)

1. (law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.

Related termsEdit

• quarrel

Etymology 2Edit

Old French and Anglo-Norman querant, from Latin quaerens, present participle of quaerō (“I search for, I inquire”) (English query).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɚɛnt/

NounEdit

querent (plural querents)

1. (obsolete outside divination) An inquirer.

Related termsEdit

• query

ReferencesEdit

• querent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913