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Questioner

A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.

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noun
  1. 1

    A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.

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inquirernounOne who inquires.
enquirernounAlternative form of inquirer. [One who inquires.]
askernounSomeone who asks a question.

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askernounSomeone who asks a question.
inquirernounOne who inquires.
enquirernounAlternative form of inquirer. [One who inquires.]
questionnounA worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
participantnounOne who participates.
intervenornounOne who intervenes, especially in a legal sense.
intervenernounOne who intervenes.
complainantnounOne who makes complaint, one who complains.
speakernounOne who speaks.
perpetratornounOne who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
authornounThe originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
conundrumnounA difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
congressmannoun(US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
interrogatornounOne who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.
inquiristnoun(rare, obsolete) An inquirer, a questioner.
queristnoun(formal) A person who asks questions.
questioneenounOne who is questioned.
questionistnoun(obsolete) An inquisitive person, a questioner.
inquisitionistnounA member of an inquisition; an official questioner or interrogator.
inquisitornounA person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.

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