continuers

Noun

continuer (plural continuers)

1. One who or that which continues.
   • (chiefly literary)

   Synonyms:

   continuator

2. A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
   • The team found that doctors used continuers only 22 percent of the time.2008 January 8, Denise Grady, “For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way”, in New York Times