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querist

Syllables: quer·ist/ˈkwɪəɹɪst//ˈkwɪɹəst/

querist noun: a person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.

Noun

querist (plural querists)

  1. (formal) A person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.
    • But the Queriſt, and all others of his Opinion, may be aſſured, That there is no Man in England vvho underſtands the Conſtitution of his Country, that is at all concerned vvho vvere the Parents of the Child he talks of: […] [T]hat this Queriſt thinks himſelf at preſent very ſeaſonable in the...1713 October 25 (Gregorian calendar), Richard Steele, “October 15. [1713].”, in The Englishman: Being the Sequel of the Guardian, collected edition, number 5, London: […] Sam[uel] Buckley […]...
    • [T]he Queriſt muſt not proceed too ſvviftly tovvards the Determination of his Point propos'd, that he may vvith more Eaſe, vvith brighter Evidence, and vvith ſurer Succeſs dravv the Learner on to aſſent to thoſe Principles ſtep by ſtep, from vvhence the final Concluſion vvill naturally ariſe.1741, I[saac] Watts, “The Socratical Way of Disputation”, in The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, paragraph V, page 172

querist meaning in Tamil and Urdu

querist in Tamil

உசாவுநர், கேள்வி கேட்பவர், வினவுநர்

querist in Urdu

پوچھنے والا, سوال کنندہ

Examples of querist in a sentence

  • VVere vve aſked in the ſame manner vvhat is air, vve ſhould refer the queriſt to his experience alone for information.a. 1775 (date written), Oliver Goldsmith, “Of the Air, and Some of Its Properties”, in A Survey of Experimental Philosophy, Considered in...
  • Querists who occasionally exhibit unreasonable impatience are those who send quotations, prose or poetic, and ask us to find the source.1882 July 15, “Miscellaneous”, in The Oracle: A Weekly Journal of Response, Research, & Reference, […], volume VII, number 167, London...

Synonyms of querist

All synonyms of querist

Forms of querist

pluralquerists

Origin of querist

From quaere (“(archaic) query, question”, noun) or query (“enquiry, question”, noun) + -ist (suffix denoting one who engages in a particular type of activity). Quaere and query are both derived from Latin quaerō (“to ask, question; to look for, seek; etc.”); for further etymology, see that entry.

Questions about querist

What does querist mean?
Querist means a person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.
What is querist in Tamil?
Querist in Tamil is உசாவுநர், கேள்வி கேட்பவர், வினவுநர். See Querist meaning in Tamil.
How do you use querist in a sentence?
VVere vve aſked in the ſame manner vvhat is air, vve ſhould refer the queriſt to his experience alone for information.
What part of speech is querist?
Querist is a noun.
How do you pronounce querist?
Querist is pronounced /ˈkwɪəɹɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of querist?
The plural of querist is querists.

Words near querist in the dictionary

  1. querimonious
  2. querimoniously
  3. querimoniousness
  4. querimony
  5. querisome
  6. querist
  7. querists
  8. querk
  9. querked
  10. querken
  11. querkens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: querist (page history and authors); querist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); querist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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