querent
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin querens, present participle of queror (“I complain”).
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Noun[edit]
querent (plural querents)
- (law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Old French and Anglo-Norman querant, from Latin quaerens, present participle of quaerō (“I search for, I inquire”) (English query).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
querent (plural querents)
- (obsolete outside divination) An inquirer.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 61:
- Meanwhile, the querent stood before the Altar, crowned with laurel, while powered laurel leaves were burnt as incense.
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References[edit]
- “querent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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