Questioner
['kwɛstʃənɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who asks questions; an inquirer.
Edited by Caleb
Examples
- Looking askew at the questioner, Jenny stole her hand up to her friend's, and drew her friend down, so that she bent beside her on her knee. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Keeldar smiled, and turned her picturesque head towards the questioner. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This time, a pair of haggard eyes had looked at the questioner, before the face had dropped again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Drat that boy, interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, what a questioner he is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Shirley gazed at the questioner with rising colour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The shoe dropped to the ground, and he sat looking fixedly at the questioner. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Bright and broad shone Shirley's eye as she fixed it on her questioner now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The child shrank away from the gaze of his questioner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The questioner, perhaps, did nor hear this judgment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Which, if you like, you have, in my opinion, a right to keep, both from St. John and every other questioner, remarked Diana. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Rokesmith was the questioner, and put an arm round the poor baby as he made a struggle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The questioners had all the efficiency, coldness and command of themselves of Italians who are firing and are not being fired on. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Melba